Top 19 David Starr Jordan Quotes

#1. Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.

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#2. No one can afford to look downward for his enjoyments.

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#3. There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.

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#4. 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.

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#5. All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no victor.

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#6. No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.

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#7. Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.

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

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#9. The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going.

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#10. 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.

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#11. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

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

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#13. There is no real exellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.

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#14. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.

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#15. The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

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#16. Our country is now at war and the only way out is forward. I would not change one word I have spoken against war but that is no longer the issue. We must now stand together.

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#17. "I am not much of a mathematician," said the cigarette, "but I can add to a man's nervous troubles, I can subtract from his physical energy, I can multiply his aches and pains, I can divide his mental powers, I take interest from his work, and discount his chances for success."

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#18. When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

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#19. Rome endured as long as there were Romans. America will endure as long as we remain American in spirit and in thought.

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