'Whatever is not nailed down is mine.' This is the motto of the exploiter. 'Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed down.' This is the second maxim in a country where people are rich, caring little in their present prosperity what shall become of the future.
--David Starr Jordan
All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no victor.
--David Starr Jordan
Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.
--David Starr Jordan
No one can afford to look downward for his enjoyments.
--David Starr Jordan
Rome endured as long as there were Romans. America will endure as long as we remain American in spirit and in thought.
--David Starr Jordan
The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.
--David Starr Jordan
The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.
--David Starr Jordan
There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own.
--David Starr Jordan
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
--David Starr Jordan
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
--David Starr Jordan
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.
--David Starr Jordan
Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.
--David Starr Jordan
Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Virtue is doing it.
--David Starr Jordan
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