Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, and alchemist best known for his contributions to the 17th-century scientific revolution.
Newton developed the laws of motion and the theory of gravity. He has made breakthroughs in optics, a theory of colors – stating that white light is made up of all colors in the spectrum. In the world of physics, his masterpiece Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) made him famous. Newton was knighted and given the title Sir Isaac Newton after publishing the novel.
Top Sir Isaac Newton Quotes
1. “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” – Sir Isaac Newton
2. “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” – Sir Isaac Newton
3. “Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.” – Sir Isaac Newton
4. “Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.” – Sir Isaac Newton
5. “To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.” – Sir Isaac Newton
6. “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
7. “This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.” – Sir Isaac Newton
8. “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
9. “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” – Sir Isaac Newton
10. “Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.” – Sir Isaac Newton
11. “It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.” – Sir Isaac Newton
12. “We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.” – Sir Isaac Newton
13. “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” – Sir Isaac Newton
14. “No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess” – Sir Isaac Newton
15. “What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.” – Sir Isaac Newton
16. “Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” – Sir Isaac Newton
17. “Genius is patience.” – Sir Isaac Newton
18. “What goes up must come down” – Sir Isaac Newton
19. “A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.” – Sir Isaac Newton
20. “Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation” – Sir Isaac Newton
21. “To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.” – Sir Isaac Newton
22. “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” – Sir Isaac Newton
23. “Don’t doubt the Creator because it is inconceivable that accidents alone could be the controller of this universe.” – Sir Isaac Newton
24. “The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.” – Sir Isaac Newton
25. “If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.” – Sir Isaac Newton