John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury quotes

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, was an English banker, politician, and scientist renowned for his contributions to archaeology and natural history. His influential works helped establish the study of prehistoric archaeology and popularized terms like "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic." He also played a key role in the passage of significant social reforms, including the Bank Holidays Act. Here are 13 of his quotes:

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

There are three great questions which in life we have over and over again to answer. Is it right or wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or ugly? Our education ought to help us to answer these questions.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

We often hear of bad weather, but in reality no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgement when we have not.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury