 I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.  The Unitarian - Página 6editado por - 1897Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 630 páginas
...EVERY MAN TRULY LIVES, SO LONG AS HE ACTS HIS NATURE, OR SOME WAY MAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF." I find the great thing in this world is, not so much...sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, or lie at anchor. There is one very sad thing in old friendships, to every mind that is really moving... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 640 páginas
...SO LONG AS HE ACTS HIS NATURE, OR SOME WAY MAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF." I find the greart thing in this world is, not so much where we stand...sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, or lie at anchor. There is one very sad thing in old friendships, to every mind that is really moving... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 354 páginas
...SOME WAY MAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF.''' I find the great thing in this world is not so mucf) where we stand, as in what direction we are moving:...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. There is one very sad thing in old friendships, to every mind which is really moving onward. It is... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1883 - 264 páginas
...Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other." TENDENCY. — " I find the great thing in this world is not so much...where we stand as in what direction we are moving." SECRETS.—" We never tell our secrets to people who jump tor them." FAME. — " Fame usually comes... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1883 - 234 páginas
...Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other." TENDENCY. — " I find the great thing in this world is not so much...where we stand as in what direction we are moving." SECRETS. — " We never tell our secrets to people who jump for them." PRAISE. — "You may set it... | |
 | 1884 - 444 páginas
...family record, the above being in relief. The following is countersunk : " I find the great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." The cane is a marvel of hand-carving, every portion of which was done with a "jack-knife," and represents... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 páginas
...Every man truly lives, so long as he acts his nature, or some way makes good the faculties of himself." I find the great thing in this world is not so much...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times. It has come to you over a... | |
 | Wisconsin Farmers' Institutes - 1901 - 330 páginas
...argument against progress. Bear in mind Oliver Wendell Holmes' words, "The great thing in the word Is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." DISCUSSION. Question — Would you advise washing the dishes after every meal or would you pile them... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 páginas
...best part of our knowledge is that which teaches us where knowledge leaves off, and ignorance begins. I find the great thing in this world is not so much...where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. The flowering moments of the mind drop half their petals in our speech. Wisdom is the abstract of the... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1888 - 952 páginas
...for their presence, and muse or sleep, And all at once they leave you and you know them. Brotming. I find the great thing in this world is not so much...where We stand as in what direction we are moving. Holmes. The path of life we walk to-day Is strange as that the Hebrews trod; We need the shadowing... | |
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