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| Isaac Newton Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. | Action |
| 2 | To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual action of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. | Action |
| 3 | If I have made any improvement in the sciences, it is owing more to patient attention than to anything beside. | Attention |
| 4 | We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatever. | Bible |
| 5 | I can take my telescope and look millions of miles into space, but I can lay it aside..go into my room, shut the door, get down on my knees in earnest prayer, and see more of heaven, and get closer to God than I can assisted by all the telescopes. | Prayer |
| 6 | The Reason I have seen further is because I stood on the shoulders of giants. | Vision |
| 7 | Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark. | Zeal |
| 8 | A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last. | Duty |
| 9 | People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. | Loneliness |
| 10 | Amicus Plato— amicus Aristoteles— magis amica veritas Translation: Plato is my friend— Aristotle is my friend— but my greatest friend is truth. | Truth |
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