Backbone Quote by William Osler

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

No man is really happy or safe without a hobby ...

— William Osler

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

Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

— William Osler

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

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

— William Osler

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

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

— William Osler

The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.

— William Osler

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

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

— William Osler

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