Engineering Excellence: Ten Quotes to Motivate and Encourage
Engineers’ Day is an occasion to honor the accomplishments of engineers and their valuable contributions to society. In India, it is annually celebrated on September 15th in remembrance of the birth of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, an esteemed engineer and statesman often recognized as the “Father of Modern India”.
Also Read:- Engineers’ Day 2023: Exploring the Legacy of M Visvesvaraya and the Engineering World
Here are ten inspiring quotes from notable engineers:
- “To succeed in this world, you have to change all the time.” – Nikola Tesla
- “Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.” – Scott Adams
- “The scientist discovers a new type of material or energy and the engineer discovers a new use for it.” – Gordon Lindsay Glegg
- “Engineering is not only study of 45 subjects but it is moral studies of intellectual life.” – Prakhar Srivastav
- “The ideal engineer is a composite… He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems.” – Nathan W. Dougherty
- “Engineers participate in the activities which make the resources of nature available in a form beneficial to man and provide systems which will perform optimally and economically.” – L. G. H. Huxley
- “The engineer has been, and is, a maker of history.” – James Kip Finch
- “The engineer’s first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is.” – Unknown
- “In engineering, the goal is to design, analyze, and build things that improve the human experience.” – Unknown
- “Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.” – Thomas Tredgold
