Pickering Edward

Astronomer American 1846 – 1919

Pioneered stellar spectroscopy and astrophysics.

384 quotes

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Perseverance
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Life
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
Love
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Wisdom
"Happiness is not something ready-made, it comes from your own actions."
Happiness
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Success
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
Friendship
"Family is not an important thing, it's everything."
Family
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."
Hope
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
Courage
"Change is the only constant in life."
Change
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Education
"Knowledge is power."
Knowledge
"Time is money."
Time
"The truth will set you free."
Truth
"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
Freedom
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
Peace
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Nature
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Art
"Science is organized knowledge."
Science
"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Music
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
Faith
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
Leadership
"Work is love made visible."
Work
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Dreams
"Laughter is the best medicine."
Humor
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Beauty
"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
Death
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
Perseverance
"Gratitude is the greatest quality of the human heart."
Gratitude