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Quotes About Discovery

Interviewing is tough, especially if you don't know what you're looking for.
~ Charlyne Yi
I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
~ William Hazlitt
If we never take a risk, we'll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.
~ Marianne Williamson
We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
~ Cecil Day-Lewis
Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.
~ Alan Alda
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.
~ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path. . .
~ Antonio Machado
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
~ Clement of Alexandria
But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?
~ Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Surprise yourself every day with your own courage.
~ Denholm Elliott
The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.
~ Chris Gardner
Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read.
~ Neil Gaiman
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.
~ Joseph Campbell
Who knows the flower best? - the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?
~ Alexandra David-Neel
The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.
~ Jon Krakauer
Creative exploration [is] impossible, without (humble) acknowledgement of the unknown.
~ Jordan Peterson
When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won't greet twice.
~ Kabir
An enthusiastic heart finds opportunities everywhere.
~ Paulo Coelho
If we don't get lost, we'll never find a new route.
~ Joan Littlewood
How does somebody know what they want if they haven't even seen it?
~ Ashton Kutcher
I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future.
~ Jack Kerouac, On the Road
I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.
~ Thomas A. Edison