"Be a life long or short, its completeness……" — David Starr Jordan
"Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for"
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18 Quotes by David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan has 18 quotes on this site.
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All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no…
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Our country is now at war and the only way out is forward. I would not change one word I…
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Wisdom is knowing. Skill is know how to do it. Virtue is doing it.
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There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
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No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.
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The physiological law of Transfer of Energy is the basis of human success and happiness. There is no action without…
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"I am not much of a mathematician," said the cigarette, "but I can add to a man's nervous troubles, I…
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There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his…
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Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.
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Whatever is not nailed down is mine." This is the motto of the exploiter. "Whatever can be pried loose is…
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The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.
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When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
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More Charity Quotes
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
— Francis of Assisi
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by…
— Saint Augustine
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
— Saint Augustine
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
— Teresa of Avila
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
— Hosea Ballou
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No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
— Bernard Baruch
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
— Yogi Berra
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it…
— Conrad Black
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
— Aesop
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