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
wise men soul-and-body
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.
motivation skills knowing
Wisdom is knowing. Skill is know how to do it. Virtue is doing it.
animal men rights
There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own.
life wisdom integrity
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
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.
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.
war loss men
All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no victor.