187 Quotes by William Osler

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from absorption in other pursuits, from a contempt bred of self satisfaction.

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

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals — this alone is worth the struggle.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often circumstances fit in with them

Speech was given to conceal thought.