Favorite Quotations ~ Discovery

Watercolor celebrating discovery Discovery is curiosity in motion—✨ a quiet courage that whispers, "What if?" and listens for the answer. Each quote here is a small map, leading to wonder, patience, and the joy of finding what was always waiting to be seen.

“I invent nothing. I rediscover.” ~ Auguste Rodin

Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient that fuels daring. ~ Grace Lichtenstein

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea. ~ Francis Bacon

“A man's errors are his portals of discovery.” ~ James Joyce

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. ~ Isaac Newton

Children, like animals, use all their senses to discover the world. Then artists come along and discover it the same way all over again. ~ Eudora Welty

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” but “That’s funny …” ~ Isaac Asimov

All knowledge, all discoveries belong to everybody. It is time to demand what belongs to you. ~ William S. Burroughs

A man who thinks happiness lies outside him finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within. ~ Søren Kierkegaard

And what I have discovered in my life is that, if you have a dream, it almost always comes true, but you have to believe deeply and the forces of the universe will help you. ~ Robert Muller