Quote by William Osler
The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

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"...let me congratulate you on the choice of calling which offers a combination of intellectual and moral interests found in no other profession."

- William Osler

Inspiration

"To study medicine without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study medicine only from books is not to go to sea at all."

- William Osler

Learning

"In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs."

- William Osler

Leadership

"It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has."

- William Osler

Insight

"Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies and satisfy your widest ambition."

- William Osler

Focus

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"Beauty is a gentle and loving heart."

- Beauty and the Beast

Compassion

"There is no greater beauty than kindness and compassion."

- Beauty and the Beast

Compassion

"Selflessness is the most beautiful trait one can possess."

- Beauty and the Beast

Compassion

"A kind heart can bring light to the darkest of places."

- Beauty and the Beast

Compassion

"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."

- Flora Edwards

Compassion