Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, "know thyself," but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self.

If our dreams are sincere desires to achieve, not mere pipe-dreams, there is something deep within ourselves which comes out to meet them and helps to make them realities.

One of the fundamental discoveries I made about myself - early enough to make use of it - was that I am driven to seize life and to understand it. The motor that pushes me is propelled by more than scientific curiosity.

I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's when I realized that I could actually go away.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy.

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Creation's gold mine is in you. The key is deliberate intention. Whatever your dream may be at this moment, identify it. If you cannot define your desire, it can never become a reality.

Private dreams are the most powerful. You have to dream of success to make it happen, and if you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. But that doesn't mean you have to go around telling everyone about it.

I don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying to create a good one for myself.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

All learning is in the learner, not in the teacher.

I'm hugely intrinsically motivated and have always believed that I'm fueled and motivated by learning.

I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world - the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life.

The primary motivation for me is to learn.

I had a persistent mindset that I was going to make something happen for myself.

I think the greatest demand actually comes from within, not from outside.

I think everything starts with a mindset, and I learned that from a young age.

I take the path I want to take in life and do the things I'd like to succeed in.

No one's going to make you work on yourself except you.

I'm not trying to take over the world, but I find it really rewarding to write, and I thrive on learning.