I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable environment. No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid. In my own work this has been particularly true.
Ernest LawrenceI have gotten over feeling badly. We would be eternally miserable if our errors worried us too much because as we push forward we will make plenty more.
Ernest LawrenceIt never does much good to find out why you can't; put your effort into what you can do.
Ernest Lawrence