Isambard Kingdom Brunel

I have been accused of being too bold, but I would rather be too bold than too timid.

The engineer's business is to make the impossible possible.

My great object has been to make the public feel that they are travelling on a railway, and not in a stagecoach.

I am not a believer in the doctrine of 'sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.'

The public are very apt to judge by results, and not by the difficulties overcome.

I have always endeavoured to make my works as perfect as possible, without regard to expense.

The great difficulty is not to make a thing, but to make it well.

I am not afraid of failure, for I know that I shall succeed in the end.

The public will always prefer a good article to a cheap one.

I have always found that the best way to get a thing done is to do it myself.

The public are very apt to be led away by appearances.

I have always been of the opinion that a man should do his best, whatever his calling may be.

The public are very apt to forget the difficulties that have been overcome.

I have always found that the more difficulties I have to contend with, the more pleasure I take in overcoming them.

The public are very apt to be deceived by specious arguments.

I have always been of the opinion that a man should never be ashamed of his work.

The public are very apt to be carried away by novelty.

The public are very apt to be prejudiced against anything new.

I have always been of the opinion that a man should never be afraid to try a new thing.

The public are very apt to be influenced by popular clamour.