Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Fred Hollows

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian scientist Fred Hollows.
Last updated on November 28, 2024.
Fred Hollows

Frederick Cossom Hollows was a New Zealand–Australian ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for thousands of people in Australia and many other countries. It is estimated that more than one million people in the world can see today because of initiatives instigated by Hollows, the most notable example being The Fred Hollows Foundation.

I believe that the basic attribute of mankind is to look after each other
Every eye is an eye, when you're doing the surgery there that is just as important as if you were doing eye surgery on the prime minster or the king.
I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done. — © Fred Hollows
I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done.
The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.
Each year in Africa about two and a half million people go blind...and they just go blind... they sit around in their huts.
I studied medicine so I could help others - set a leg or whatever - and it's given me a great deal of satisfaction.
When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it.
To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.
You disappoint yourself more often by not doing things because of cowardice and temerity than you ever did by doing things that turn out to be wrong.
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