Marion LeRoy Burton

Marion LeRoy
Burton
1874
1925

American Educator, President of Smith College and President of the University of Minnesota and President of the University of Michigan

Author Quotes

Gluttony is the source of all our infirmities and the fountain of all our diseases. As a lamp is choked by a superabundance of oil, and a fire extinguished by excess of fuel, so is the natural health of the body destroyed by intemperate diet.

Body, Diet, Excess, Gluttony, Health, Wisdom, health, excess, body, fire

Character is formed, not by laws, commands, and decrees, but by quiet influence, unconscious suggestion and personal guidance.

Character, Guidance, Influence, Quiet, quiet

From self alone expect applause.

Applause, Character, Self, Wisdom, self
Author Picture
First Name
Marion LeRoy
Last Name
Burton
Birth Date
1874
Death Date
1925
Bio

American Educator, President of Smith College and President of the University of Minnesota and President of the University of Michigan