Quotes from William Osler
The most essential thing for happiness is the gift of friendship.
— William Osler
Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.
— William Osler
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.
— William Osler
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.
— William Osler
That man can interrogate as well as observe nature was a lesson slowly learned in his evolution.
— William Osler
It is astonishing with how little reading a doctor can practice medicine, but is not astonishing how badly he may do it.
— William Osler
Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.
— William Osler
Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, or the end to be attained, but set earnestly, at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day.
— William Osler
What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?
— William Osler
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.
— William Osler
There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.
— William Osler
Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith - the one great moving force which we can neither weigh in the balance nor test in the crucible.
— William Osler