When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of work where progress looked possible, biding my time for a chance to resume the obstructed road. — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
One could get a first-class education from a shelf of books five feet long. — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
“You allow that we designate a disease as mortal when Nature is so severely attacked, and her strength so far exhausted, that she cannot… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action. — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
“It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being, in vain he… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
“We should daily repeat to ourselves," I exclaimed, "that we should not interfere with our friends, unless to leave them in possession of their… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses. — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties. — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
Nobody has any right to find life uninteresting or unrewarding who sees within the sphere of his own activity a wrong he can help… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
