Pierre de Fermat

Mathematics French 1601 – 1665 270 quotes

Father of modern number theory

Quotes by Pierre de Fermat

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

Attributed (Plutarch's quote, often misattributed)

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Attributed (Eleanor Roosevelt's quote, often misattributed)

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

Attributed (a common proverb, not necessarily Fermat's original)

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Attributed (Steve Jobs' quote, often misattributed)

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

Attributed (Albert Einstein's quote, often misattributed)

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Attributed (Nelson Mandela's quote, often misattributed)

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Attributed (Albert Einstein's quote, often misattributed)

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Attributed (Socrates' famous quote, often misattributed)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Attributed (Aristotle's quote, often misattributed)

The only constant in life is change.

Attributed (Heraclitus' quote, often misattributed)

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Attributed (Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote, often misattributed)

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Attributed (Lao Tzu's quote, often misattributed)

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Attributed (Buddha's quote, often misattributed)

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Attributed (Peter Drucker's quote, often misattributed)

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

Attributed (Sun Tzu's quote, often misattributed)

The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.

Attributed (Socrates' quote, often misattributed)

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Attributed (Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote, often misattributed)

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Attributed (Edmund Burke's quote, often misattributed)

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Attributed (Oscar Wilde's quote, often misattributed)

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Attributed (Oprah Winfrey's quote, often misattributed)