Sir William Osler

The first step toward success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness or despair. In danger, in adversity, cling to your principles and ideals. Aequanimitas!

What is patience but an equanimity which enables you to rise superior to the trials of life.

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

Gentlemen, I have a confession to make. Half of what we have taught you is in error, and furthermore we cannot tell you which half it is.

Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off.

Without faith a man can do nothing, with it all things are possible.

Engrossed late and soon in professional cares, getting and spending, you may may so lay waste your powers that you may find, too late, with hearts given away, that t here is no place in your habit-stricken souls for those gentler influences which make your life worth living.