Famous John Lubbock Quotes

  • What we see depends mainly on what we look for – John Lubbock

    What we see depends mainly on what we look for– John Lubbock

  • A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. – John Lubbock

    A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.– John Lubbock

  • When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace. – John Lubbock

    When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.– John Lubbock

  • Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. – John Lubbock

    Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.– John Lubbock

  • In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is wanting. – John Lubbock

    In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is wanting.– John Lubbock

  • A wise system of education will at least teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn. – John Lubbock

    A wise system of education will at least teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.– John Lubbock

  • If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow. – John Lubbock

    If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.– John Lubbock

  • Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not. – John Lubbock

    Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.– John Lubbock

  • If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done. – John Lubbock

    If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.– John Lubbock

  • We profit little by books we do not enjoy. – John Lubbock

    We profit little by books we do not enjoy.– John Lubbock