Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.
—David Starr Jordan
Topics: Goals, Aspirations, Life, Life and Living
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
—David Starr Jordan
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
—David Starr Jordan
Topics: Integrity, Wisdom, Virtue
When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
—David Starr Jordan
Topics: Patriotism
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows wither he is going.
—David Starr Jordan
There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.
—David Starr Jordan
Topics: Living, Excellence, Rightness, Right
Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit. Put some in!
—David Starr Jordan
Topics: Passion, Attitude, Enthusiasm
Rome endured as long as there were Romans. America will endure as long as we remain American in spirit and in thought.
—David Starr Jordan
Topics: America
The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.
—David Starr Jordan
Topics: Goals, Aspirations, Goal, Confidence, Vision, Decisions
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- Benjamin Mays American Minister
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- Linus Pauling American Scientist, Peace Activist
- Pearl S. Buck American Novelist
- Garrett Hardin American Ecologist
- Bill Bryson American Humorist
- Joseph Chilton Pearce American Author
- Sam Harris American Neuroscientist, Atheist, Author
- James D. Watson American Biologist
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