Abbott Lawrence Lowell quotes

You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate. (Abbott Lawrence Lowell)

You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell

All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell

You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Pleasure is a by-product of doing something that is worth doing. Therefore, do not seek pleasure as such. Pleasure comes of seeking something else, and comes by the way.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Abbott Lawrence Lowell

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Occupation: American Educator
Born: December 13, 1856
Died: January 6, 1943
Quotes count: 6

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