Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley PC PRS FLSwas an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth4 May 1825
wise thinking hands
I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.
dream accomplishment path
Action is the catalyst that creates accomplishments. It is the path that takes us from uncrafted hopes to realized dreams.
education knowledge authority-and-power
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
perseverance men feet
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.
life success education
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.
leadership sports freedom
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
self-confidence mind acting
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.
money lying doe
Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.
beautiful wise children
Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!
friendship appreciate noble
Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.
beautiful science common-sense
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.
running truth honesty
All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.
inspirational life motivational
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.
thinking authority appeals
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.