Humphry Davy
Discovered multiple elements via electrolysis
Quotes by Humphry Davy
Nature is a book, and the language of that book is mathematics.
The universe is a vast and complex machine, and we are but a small part of it.
The greatest of all mysteries is the mystery of life itself.
The true measure of a man is not what he has, but what he is.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
The greatest good is the knowledge of truth.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
I have been so much engaged in chemical pursuits, that I have had little time for anything else.
My dear friend, I have at last succeeded in decomposing the fixed alkalies.