William Osler

Medicine Canadian 1849 – 1919 270 quotes

Father of modern medicine, transformed medical education

Quotes by William Osler

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

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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to learn how to learn.

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The true student of nature has no need of a creed.

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The best thing about medicine is that you are always learning.

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The path to wisdom is paved with humility.

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The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

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The true physician is a philosopher, a humanitarian, and an artist.

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The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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The true joy of life is to be used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

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The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and inspire them to be what they always wanted to be.

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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

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The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

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The soul of a man is not a thing, but a process.

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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The unexamined life is not worth living.

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The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.

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The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

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