William Osler
Father of modern medicine, transformed medical education
Quotes by William Osler
No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
The student must be taught to see, to hear, to feel, to smell, and to reason.
The measure of a man's success is not in the number of his friends, but in the number of his enemies.
The value of a teacher is not in what he teaches, but in what he inspires.
The practice of medicine is not a trade to be learned, but a profession to be lived.
The future belongs to those who are willing to work for it.
The life of a physician is one of constant study and observation.
The student of medicine should be a student of life.
The physician's highest and only calling is to make the sick healthy.
The true physician is a philosopher, a humanitarian, and a scientist.
The value of a man is not in what he has, but in what he is.
The student must be taught to think for himself.
The physician who knows only medicine knows not even medicine.
The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
The student should not be a passive recipient of knowledge, but an active participant in its acquisition.
The physician should be a perpetual student.
The best way to learn is to teach.
The chief mental requisite for the physician is an open mind.
The physician needs a clear head, a kind heart, and a steady hand.