Sir Isaac Newton Quotes

A collection of quotes by Sir Isaac Newton.

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) was an English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. Regarded as one of the greatest scientists in history, Newton made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics, physics, and natural philosophy. His groundbreaking work on the laws of motion and universal gravitation laid the foundation for classical mechanics and provided a comprehensive explanation of celestial mechanics. Newton's masterpiece, "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica," published in 1687, revolutionized scientific understanding and remains a landmark scientific publication to this day. Newton's discoveries and theories had a profound impact on the scientific community and ushered in the age of scientific revolution.

This most beautiful system The Universe could only proceed f

This most beautiful system The Universe could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.

Sir Isaac Newton

Creation

If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself s

If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.

Sir Isaac Newton

Work

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patie

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

Sir Isaac Newton

Thought

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures as

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us the Lord will provide.

Sir Isaac Newton

Security

Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform mot

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.

Sir Isaac Newton

Action(s)

I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and w

I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.

Sir Isaac Newton

Light

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only und

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Sir Isaac Newton

Imagination

The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the b

The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions.

Sir Isaac Newton

Evangelism

If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing m

If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.

Sir Isaac Newton

Patience