Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise - the quadrangle of health. — William Osler Copy Share Image
The young doctor should look about early for an avocation, a pastime, that will take him away from patients, pills, and potions… — William Osler Copy Share Image
Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off. — William Osler Copy Share Image
The teacher's life should have three periods, study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have… — William Osler Copy Share Image
Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty,… — William Osler Copy Share Image
As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that… — William Osler Copy Share Image
But whatever you do, take neither yourselves nor your fellow-creatures too seriously. There is tragedy enough in our daily routine, but there is room… — William Osler Copy Share Image
The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people… — William Osler Copy Share Image
The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. — William Osler Copy Share Image
Throw away all ambition beyond that of doing the day's work well. The travelers on the road to success live in the present, heedless… — William Osler Copy Share Image
The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it. — William Osler Copy Share Image
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. — William Osler Copy Share Image
He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all. — William Osler Copy Share Image
In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. — William Osler Copy Share Image
Shed, as you do your garments, your daily sins, whether of omission or commission, and you will wake a free man, with a new… — William Osler Copy Share Image
