"Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice……" — Thomas Huxley

"Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness."

— Thomas Huxley

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195 Quotes by Thomas Huxley

Thomas Huxley has 195 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of…
What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as…
For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold…
There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it…
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a…
Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so…
That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is…
Veracity is the heart of morality.
If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining…
If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room…
Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts…

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Sai Baba
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. — Ansel Adams
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive… — Saint Basil
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. — Saul Bellow
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. — Yogi Berra
United we stand, divided we fall. — Aesop
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne

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