William Osler
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.
The chief object of education is not to learn things but to learn how to learn.
The true student of nature has no need of a creed.
The best thing about medicine is that you are always learning.
The path to wisdom is paved with humility.
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
The true physician is a philosopher, a humanitarian, and an artist.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The true joy of life is to be used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.
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.
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
The soul of a man is not a thing, but a process.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
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.
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.