Home / Quotes / Quote by Thomas Head Raddall

Quote by Thomas Head Raddall

“Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.”

Author

Thomas Head Raddall was a Canadian writer known for his historical novels and children's literature. His works, often set in Nova Scotia, were highly appreciated by readers. more

“To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the rising and falling tides (of affairs). So that with nature and law at his back, and truth and beneficence as his beacon light, he may accomplish wonders. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other. Man thus becomes the victim of the tides when he should be their Master.”

Men Should May Hands Light Truth Action Law Time Fall Waiting Change Results Wonder Ignorance Masters Periods Victim Affair Accomplish Enthusiasm Rising Tides Accord Repose Beacons Beneficence

Author:H. P. Blavatsky

“Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.”

Men Done Change Work Results Satisfied

Author:Elspeth Huxley

“Over events, we may have some control, but over the law of life's progress none.”

May Law Change Progress Events Laws Of Life

Author:John William Draper

“Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.”

Long Success Humanity Business Gone Essentials Long Time Self Improvement Encouragement Business Success Long Distance Relationship

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999

“Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it changes you.”

Sometimes Change Prayer Answers Life Changing Answers To Prayer

Author:James Dillet Freeman

“As geology is essentially a historical science, the working method of the geologist resembles that of the historian. This makes the personality of the geologist of essential importance in the way he analyzes the past.”

Way Past Science Personality Essentials Accounts Importance Method Historical Historian Geology Geologist

Author:Reinout Willem van Bemmelen

“For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions or hypotheses about them. Since he cannot in any certain way attain to the true causes, he will adopt whatever suppositions enable the motions to be computed correctly from the principles of geometry for the future as well as for the past.”

Way Wells Past Science Certain Causes Principles History Duty Future Hypothesis Geometry Celestial Astronomers Supposition

Author:Andreas Osiander

“In preparing the present volume, it has been the aim of the author to do full justice to the ample material at his command, and, where possible, to make the illustrations tell the main story to anatomists. The text of such a memoir may soon lose its interest, and belong to the past, but good figures are of permanent value. [Justifying elaborate illustrations in his monographs.]”

May Has Beens Stories Past Science Values Interest Loses Justice Figures Materials Aim Memoir Command Permanent Volume Preparing Illustration

Book:Dinocerata: A Monograph of an Extinct Order of Gigantic Mammals

Source: Dinocerata: A Monograph of an Extinct Order of Gigantic Mammals

Quote by Thomas Head Raddall

Author

You May Also Like