Michael Debakey Quotes & Sayings

The natural history of science is the study of the unknown. If you fear it you're not going to study it and you're not going to make any progress. — Michael E. DeBakey

Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages. — Auguste Rodin

The joys of fishing are not confined to the hours near the water. — Herbert Hoover

Often a healing takes place in ourselves as we pray for the healing of others. — Michael E. DeBakey

Only people can change people — Michele Amitrani

Your mind creates everything. Your conscious mind has much greater power than you can ever imagine. Your mind can create blessings or disasters, can heal or harm, can bring abundance or absence. It is up to your mind whether the world looks hopeful or hopeless. — Ilchi Lee

Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of music and math has, in fact, long been noted. Creating and performing music promotes self-expression and provides self-gratification while giving pleasure to others. In medicine, increasing published reports demonstrate that music has a healing effect on patients. For all these reasons, it deserves strong support in our educational system, along with the other arts, the sciences, and athletics. — Michael E. DeBakey

I have little tolerance for incompetence, sloppy thinking, and laziness. — Michael E. DeBakey

The answer to the American health crisis is the food that each of us chooses to put in our mouths each day. It's as simple as that. — T. Colin Campbell

One whisper, Judith, added to a thousand others will become a roar of discontent even — Julie Garwood

Think me not unkind and rude
That I walk alone in grove and glen;
I go to the god of the wood
To fetch his word to men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The woman I love burns with jealousy, leaps to conclusions, cries, and turns to ice ... but when she laughs ... the world is mine. — Rumiko Takahashi

Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest human values-honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity, compassion, humility, courage, personal responsibility, courtesy, and human service. — Michael E. DeBakey

Your mind contains great capital.
Your heart contains extraordinary riches.
Your soul contains remarkable treasure.
Your life contains marvelous wealth. — Matshona Dhliwayo

To me it was real war and my life was at stake, and I believe that all those clandestine spy games we played as children helped when the Occupation came. — Diet Eman

Our Lord Jesus Christ , my brethren, is our hero, a hero all the world wants. — Gerard Manley Hopkins

My father taught me a good lesson: Don't get to low when things go wrong. And don't get too high when things are good. — Robert Parish

Good information is the best medicine. — Michael E. DeBakey

So it seems as though this part of us that is living a life on Earth is only a small piece or splinter of a much larger us. That we are many rather than one, or rather pieces of a more complex whole. We are only able to focus on the splinter we perceive as our totality. That is a good thing, because if we were aware of the complexity of it we would not be able to function in this world or reality. We are only able to see the facade that masks a much larger picture. Only now are we being allowed to peek behind the veil. — Dolores Cannon

He was a man who understood the virtue of small things. — Greg Mortenson