William DeVries famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

We all felt the majesty of the body. In a very short period of time we had seen something that was bigger than each of us. A lot of people, even those who were not religious, were reverent and attributed the success to God. As we saw the artificial heart beat in Dr. Clark, the feeling was not aren't we great, but aren't we small.
-- William DeVries

#Religious #Heart #Greatness
Sigma Chi, more than anything else, got me involved with the people who knew how to study, and they helped me. I learned from them. The Norman Shield is still quite applicable now.
-- William DeVries

#People #Shields #Study
I would have picked up the artificial heart and thrown it on the floor and walked out and said he's dead if the press had not been there.
-- William DeVries

#Death #Heart #Science
[I] could see how nervous everybody was in the beginning and how silent it was when we had trouble with the artificial heart [during the surgery, but later in the operation, when it was working, there were moments] of loud and raucous humor.
-- William DeVries

#Heart #Science #Nervous

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.
Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the world between us We parted stiff and dry: 'Farewell,' said you, 'forget me.' 'Fare well, I will,' said I. If e'er, where clover whitens The dead man's knoll, you pass, And no tall flower to meet you Starts in the trefoiled grass, Halt by the headstone shading The heart you have not stirred, And say the lad that loved you Was one that kept his word.
But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts
His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.
She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.
There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
The greatness of every mighty organization embodying an idea in this world lies in the religious fanaticism and intolerance with which, fanatically convinced of its own right, it intolerantly imposes its will against all others.

William DeVries famous quotes

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