24 Quotes by David Starr Jordan

Someday, someone will walk into your life and make you realize why it never worked out with anyone else. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

Whatever is not nailed down is mine." This is the motto of the exploiter. "Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed down." This is the second maxim in a country where people are rich, caring little in their present prosperity what shall become of the future.

Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.

To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.

Wisdom is knowing. Skill is know how to do it. Virtue is doing it.

There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own.