Inspirational Sayings

218 sayings found from the Modern era from 218 authors

The human mind is in a state of perpetual oscillation between the actual and the possible.

— James Clerk Maxwell Unknown
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When two people dream the same dream, it ceases to be an illusion.

— Philip K. Dick 1978
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The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

— Alexander Graham Bell Unknown
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I have been called a charlatan, a madman, and a dreamer, but I have always pursued the truth.

— Dmitri Mendeleev Undated
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Not only is the Universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we *can* imagine.

— Werner Heisenberg Undated (likely post-1927)
Art & Creativity

The highest purpose of a man is to serve humanity.

— Max Planck Unknown
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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.

— Niels Bohr Approx. 1920s-1930s
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The world is a dream, and we are the dreamers.

— Erwin Schrodinger Unknown
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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

— Marie Curie 1913
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What I cannot create, I do not understand.

— Richard Feynman Unknown
Art & Creativity

The laboratory worker who is not prepared to meet with occasional failures will never achieve success.

— Alexander Fleming circa 1940s
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I have always striven to verify my observations by every possible means.

— Robert Koch circa 1880s
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I am quite confident that the structure is helical, but the exact dimensions are still to be determined.

— Rosalind Franklin 1952
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I hope that no one takes my views seriously.

— James Watson Unspecified
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Chance is the only source of true novelty.

— Francis Crick 1981
Art & Creativity

If I were to live a hundred years, I would not have enough time to test all the possible combinations.

— Gregor Mendel 1860s
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

— Robert Oppenheimer Unknown
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I am an optimist, because I believe that man is capable of solving his problems.

— Enrico Fermi Unknown
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I believe that the proper dose of vitamin C is 10 grams per day, and that it should be taken in divided doses throughout the day.

— Linus Pauling 1970s
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I am a creature of impulse, and I cannot resist the temptation of a new idea.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley Approx. early 1800s
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