John Lubbock was a famous Statesman from United Kingdom, who lived between April 30, 1834 and May 28, 1913. He/she became 79 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience.
Our collection contains 13 quotes who is written / told by John, under the main topic Nature.
13 Famous quotes by John Lubbock
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"
"What we see depends mainly on what we look for"
"We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety"
"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn"
"Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven"
"Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not"
"If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done"
"Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin"
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books"
"A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn"
"A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work"
"Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it"
"When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace"
