Quotes About Discovery

All life is an experiment.

You're at your best when you don't know what you're doing.

We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.

The day before something is a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea.

Do what you will while you're able, find what it is that you seek.

It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

Life (and running) is not all about time but about our experiences along the way.

If we are going to do anything significant with life, we sometimes have to move away from it- beyond the usual measurements. We must occasionally follow visions and dreams.

Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried.

Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.

It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.

We have all been placed on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else's idea of life.

I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.

As a filmmaker, I ask questions but don't have answers. Moviemaking is a philosophical exploration. I invite the audience to come on the journey and discover what they think and feel.

No journey is too great, when one finds what one seeks.

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.

People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.

The greatest surprise of human evolution may be that the highest form of selfishness is selflessness.

The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.

Never underestimate the vital importance of finding early in life the work that for you is play.