National Science Day 2024: 21 Inspiring Quotes By Famous Scientists On Life And Success

National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28th each year to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect by Indian physicist Sir C.V. Raman in 1928. The Raman Effect, which demonstrated the scattering of light, was a groundbreaking discovery that earned Raman the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.

This day is celebrated to honor the contributions of Indian scientists and to promote scientific temper among the people. It serves as a reminder of the importance of science in our daily lives and encourages young minds to pursue careers in science and technology. National Science Day is also an opportunity to showcase the achievements of Indian scientists and to inspire future generations to contribute to the advancement of science and technology.

The theme for National Science Day 2024 is "Indigenous Technologies for a Developed India", which underscores the importance of Science, Technology, and Innovation in the nation's progress. It also recognizes the achievements of Indian scientists in using homegrown technologies to tackle various challenges and improve the quality of life for all citizens.

CV Raman quote

National Science Day is a celebration of the achievements and contributions of the scientific community. It is a day to honor the legacy of great minds who have shaped our understanding of the world and inspired future generations. As we commemorate this day, let us reflect on the words of some of the greatest scientists in history.

National Science Day 2024: Inspiring quotes by famous scientist:

1. "Success can come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you." - CV Raman
2. "Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place ¡ª that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realize the great life." - APJ Abdul Kalam
3. "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." - Isaac Newton
4. "The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know." - Isaac Newton
5. "He who can listen to the music in the midst of noise can achieve great things." - Vikram Sarabhai
6. "The greatest discoveries often lie not in finding new things, but in seeing familiar things in new ways." - Alexander Fleming
7. "Shall I refuse my dinner because I do not fully understand the process of digestion?" - Oliver Heaviside
8. "For, each man can do best and excel in only that thing of which he is passionately fond, in which he believes, as I do, that he has the ability to do it, that he is in fact born and destined to do it." - Homi J Bhabha
9. "The only source of knowledge is experience." - Albert Einstein
10. "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
11. "I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." - Isaac Newton
12. "Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done." - Robert A. Heinlein
13. "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself." - Galileo
14. "It is strange that only extraordinary men make the discoveries, which later appear so easy and simple." - Georg C. Lichtenberg
15. "Falsity in intellectual action is intellectual immorality." - Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
16. "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie
17. "One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away." ¨D Stephen Hawking
18. "Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science." - Edwin Powell Hubble
19. "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
20. "The scientific method is nothing but the expression of the necessity of the elementary rules of formal logic." - Albert Einstein
21. "Dream, Dream, Dream. Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action" - APJ Abdul Kalam

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