Maria Mitchell Quotes

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Maria Mitchell

Profession : Scientist

Birth : August 1, 1818

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

Maria Mitchell

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

Maria Mitchell

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

Maria Mitchell

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

Maria Mitchell

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

Maria Mitchell

We especially need imagination in science.

Maria Mitchell

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

Maria Mitchell

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Maria Mitchell

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

Maria Mitchell

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to root out the most passionate love of that kind.

Maria Mitchell

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.

Maria Mitchell

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

Maria Mitchell

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

Maria Mitchell

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.

Maria Mitchell

We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.

Maria Mitchell

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.

Maria Mitchell

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.

Maria Mitchell

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.

Maria Mitchell

A young sailor boy came to see me today. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation.

Maria Mitchell

Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.

Maria Mitchell