“Stubbornness leads to strong will.”— Lailah Gifty Akita Related Quotes “Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge.”– John Charles Polanyi “The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals – its philosophers, its poets and its artists.”– Herbert Read “Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.”— George Porter