Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Ray Lyman Wilbur

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American doctor Ray Lyman Wilbur.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Ray Lyman Wilbur

Ray Lyman Wilbur was an American medical doctor who served as the third president of Stanford University and was the 31st United States Secretary of the Interior.

It is common talk that every individual is entitled to economic security. The only animals and birds I know that have economic security are those that have been domesticated--and the economic security they have is controlled by the barbed-wire fence, the butcher's knife and the desire of others. They are milked, skinned, egged or eaten up by their protectors.
The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.
We must get rid of the silly, sloppy idea that all people are equal in capacity. — © Ray Lyman Wilbur
We must get rid of the silly, sloppy idea that all people are equal in capacity.
There is another element that is a part of human happiness — and that is that unless we think of others and do something for them we miss the greatest sources of happiness.
It is not how much you know about life but how you live your life that counts. Those who can avoid mistakes by observing the mistakes of others are most apt to keep free from sorrow. In a world full of uncertainties, the record of what has gone before-human experience-is as sure and reliable as anything of which we know.
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