Archimedes Quotes
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
Eureka!
Do not disturb my circles.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the Earth.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
It is not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Show me a place where mathematics doesn’t apply, and I will show you a place where everything is chaos.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
No matter how difficult it may seem, never give up.
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world.
Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
I will try everything once, except incest and folk dancing.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
Give me a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.
Haste makes waste.
The only mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
There are no accidents; there is only some purpose that we haven’t yet understood.
A little knowledge is dangerous. So is a lot.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
The laws of nature are written in mathematical language.
Mathematics may not teach us how to add love or how to minus hate. But it gives us hope that every problem has a solution.
All things are numbers.
The gods do not deduct from a man’s allotted span, those hours spent in fishing.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
We are what we repeatedly do.
There are no royal roads to geometry.
A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.
There are things not yet discovered that will astonish us.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world.