"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue…" — David Starr Jordan
"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it."
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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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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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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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God is best known in not knowing him.
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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
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Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to…
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Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that,…
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