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David Starr Jordan Quotes: Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.
         

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.


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Wisdom is knowing. Skill is know how to do it. Virtue is doing it.



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Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.



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There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.



When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!



The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.



Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for

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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.

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.



All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no victor.

All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no victor.





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