Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday FRSwas an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth22 September 1791
principles should blindness
It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.
data facts principles
Chemistry is necessarily an experimental science: its conclusions are drawn from data, and its principles supported by evidence from facts.
hard-work secret records
It is on record that when a young aspirant asked Faraday the secret of his success as a scientific investigator, he replied, 'The secret is comprised in three words- Work, Finish, Publish.'
time purpose moments
I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes.
science men light
I ... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, in all your actions, you may justify the beauty of the taper by making your deeds honourable and effectual in the discharge of your duty to your fellow-men.
thinking discovery light
I happen to have discovered a direct relation between magnetism and light, also electricity and light, and the field it opens is so large and I think rich.
son giving beloved
Since peace is alone in the gift of God; and since it is He who gives it, why should we be afraid? His unspeakable gift in His beloved Son is the ground of no doubtful hope.
frightening knows
There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.
men six matter
I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.
lectures physics teach
Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.
baby
... and what good is a baby?
book fingers written
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
success business communication
The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.
trying stills electromagnetism
But still try, for who knows what is possible?