"Over events, we may have some control, but……" — John William Draper

"Over events, we may have some control, but over the law of life's progress none."

— John William Draper

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13 Quotes by John William Draper

John William Draper has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Every movement in the skies or upon the earth proclaims to us that the universe is under government.
As to Science, she has never sought to ally herself to civil power. She has never attempted to throw odium…
The history of Science is not a mere record of isolated discoveries; it is a narrative of the conflict of…
Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in Arabia the man who, of all…
I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight…
As a better knowledge of Nature was obtained, the sky was shown to be an illusionBut this did not take…
In early life I had felt a strong desire to devote myself to the experimental study of nature; and, happening…
Experimental investigation, to borrow a phrase employed by Kepler respecting the testing of hypotheses, is "a very great thief of…
How can the Church be received as a trustworthy guide in the invisible, which falls into so many errors in…
Is it not true that for every person the course of life is along the line of least resistance, and…
Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment,…
Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and…

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More Change Quotes

This quote is filed under Change Quotes, one of 18,261 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from… — Billie Joe Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in… — David Attenborough
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our… — David Attenborough
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,… — David Attenborough
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also… — David Attenborough
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. — Dean Acheson
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius

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