Samuel Gridley Howe Professions : Physician Born : November 10, 1801 Died : January 9, 1876 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Samuel Gridley Howe Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is the other, and equally important, half. Samuel Gridley Howe important wisdom thinking Similar Authors Abram Hoffer physician Buwei Yang Chao physician Broda Otto Barnes physician Brian Day physician Anna Komnene physician Axel Munthe physician All Authors