"The physiological law of Transfer of Energy is……" — David Starr Jordan
"The physiological law of Transfer of Energy is the basis of human success and happiness. There is no action without expenditure of energy, and if energy be not expended the power to generate it is lost. This law shows itself in a thousand ways in the life of man. The arm which is not used becomes palsied. The wealth which comes by chance weakens and destroys. The good which is unused turns to evil. The charity which asks no effort cannot relieve the misery she creates."
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David Starr Jordan
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18 Quotes by David Starr Jordan
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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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Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for
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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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"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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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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