David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordanwas an American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and was the founding president of Stanford University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth19 January 1851
CountryUnited States of America
looks enjoyment
No one can afford to look downward for his enjoyments.
excellence separated
There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.
man turns
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going.
pain men add
"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."
war loss men
All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no victor.
country war issues
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.
miserable
No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.
life men law
The physiological law of Transfer of Energy is the basis of human success and happiness. There is no action without expenditure of energy, and if energy be not expended the power to generate it is lost. This law shows itself in a thousand ways in the life of man. The arm which is not used becomes palsied. The wealth which comes by chance weakens and destroys. The good which is unused turns to evil. The charity which asks no effort cannot relieve the misery she creates.
rome america long
Rome endured as long as there were Romans. America will endure as long as we remain American in spirit and in thought.
habit pleasure vicious
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
long charity completeness
Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for
dog moon patriotism
When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
strength men stronger
The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.
knowing next realizing
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.