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Intelligent People Keep Three Things Private

Stephen Hawking Quotes

2 min readJan 20, 2025

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Stephen Hawking says:

An intelligent person keeps three things private at any cost……..”

Financial details.

Personal goals.

Their struggles and failures.

And whether you believe this, it can’t be argued that this, and his other quotes are something to think about coming from a man as brilliant and accomplished as Stephen Hawking.

Stephen Hawking:

Born Jan 8, 1942 — died March 14. 2018

Stephen Hawking had an IQ of around 160 landing him a place in the top ten in the world. Professor Hawking, diagnosed in 1963 lived his life for 55 years with a motor neuron disease that gradually paralyzed him. He was deemed a brilliant British physicist famous for his work on black holes, quantum-mechanics, space-time singularities and quantum mechanics.

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Stephen Hawking Quotes:

Don’t trust words, trust actions. People can tell you anything but actions tell you everything.

People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits, and their habits decide their futures.

Smart people think before they speak. Wise people think before they think.

Once you feel you are avoided by someone, never disturb them again.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule. Never lie to yourself.

Be kind to all creatures, this is the true religion.

If there is no struggle there is no progress.

Before you say something to someone, always think about how you’d feel if someone told you the same thing.

Life is an echo. What you send out, comes back. What you sow, you reap, What you give you get. What you see in others exists in you.

I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.

Stephen Hawking is remembered for his numerous quotes about intelligence, science and life. And, coming from a man as brilliant as Stephen Hawking, one can’t help but be curious.

Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny. Stephen Hawking

Janice Tovey 2025

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Janice Tovey
Janice Tovey

Written by Janice Tovey

My passion is writing. I also love reading, teaching, animals, nature, music, and humor. I am curious about everything and enjoy writing about all things.

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