David Starr Jordan

David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. (January 19, 1851September 19, 1931) American eugenicist and a leading ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.

4 Quotes

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going.
— David Starr Jordan

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

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

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
— David Starr Jordan