Quotes of David Starr Jordan

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Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.

- David Starr Jordan

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“ Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ Anything I ever did for a person was out of love, nobody can ever finesse me. ”

- Genereux Philip

“ I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ And out of Tristan's heart there grew a hazel tree, and out of Iseult's a honeysuckle, and they arched together and clung and intertwined so that they could never be separated anymore. ”

- Rosemary Sutcliff

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. ”

- Ursula K. Le Guin

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ Rise as a human being live as a legend work as a Messiah and you shall see the bright glorious change all around you. ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ Everyday of your life is a another lesson. If you learn the lesson well and apply it; whether positive or negative, you determine what happens in your tomorrow. ”

- David Kofi Awusi

“ You know her well. People are harder to sum up when you know them well. ”

- Veronica Roth

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ FORGET SWAG, I'VE GOT SHAKARA', ”

- Genereux Philip

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ I will be generous with my love today. I will sprinkle compliments and uplifting words everywhere I go. I will do this knowing that my words are like seeds and when they fall on fertile soil, a reflection of those seeds will grow into something greater. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Your Dreams Matter. Like an athlete trains, so must the student of life. Train the mind, body and spirit, so you may achieve anything. Life is about sharing your dreams/purpose (gifts/passions/talents) with the world and helping others find their way. ”

- Elizabeth SalamancaBrosig

“ The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. ”

- Alexander Graham Bell

“ Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ”

- Pablo Picasso

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ Tomorrow I will run more courageously, more outrageously. ”

- Talismanist Giebra