Everyone must have felt that a cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around; and most… — John Lubbock Brightness Copy Share Image
Those who have not distinguished themselves at school need not on that account be discouraged. the greatest minds do not necessarily ripen… — John Lubbock Accounts Copy Share Image
“The whole value of solitude depends upon oneself; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a… — John Lubbock Haven Copy Share Image
It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of… — John Lubbock Add Copy Share Image
How little our libraries cost us as compared with our liquor cellars. — John Lubbock Cellars Copy Share Image
Here are the three great questions which in life we have over and over again to answer: Is it right or wrong?… — John Lubbock Answers Copy Share Image
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or… — John Lubbock End of summer Copy Share Image
All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are… — John Lubbock Carriages Copy Share Image
Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose. — John Lubbock Blessing Copy Share Image
Do not lay things too much to heart. No one is ever really beaten unless he is discouraged. — John Lubbock Beaten Copy Share Image
Love seems to beautify and inspire all nature. It raises the earthly caterpillar into the ethereal butterfly, it paints the feathers in… — John Lubbock Bird Copy Share Image
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should have the opportunity of… — John Lubbock Boys Copy Share Image
Our great mistake in education is ... the worship of book-learning-the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory instead of… — John Lubbock Book Copy Share Image
It is sad, indeed, to see how man wastes his opportunities. How many could be made happy, with the blessings which are… — John Lubbock Blessing Copy Share Image
There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist — John Lubbock Exercise Copy Share Image
A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else. — John Lubbock Friendship Copy Share Image
Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if… — John Lubbock Air Copy Share Image
We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. — John Lubbock God Copy Share Image
It always seems to be raining harder than it really is when you look at the weather through the window. — John Lubbock Harder Copy Share Image
Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble. — John Lubbock Acts of heroism Copy Share Image
