 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1858 - 710 σελίδες
...LIVES, so LONG AS HE ACTS HIS NATURE, OR SOME WAY MAKES 0001) THE PACr.LTIKS OF HIMSELF.' ' 1 tind the great thing in this world is not so much where...moving. To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometime« with the wind, and sometimes «gainst it; but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 242 σελίδες
...gaiety from their hearts and all joyousness from their countenances. I meet one such in the streets not unfrequently, a person of intelligence and education,...the great thing in this world is, not so much where \ve stand as in what direction we are moving. To reach the port of heaven we must sail sometimes with... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1883 - 234 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1883 - 264 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | 1884 - 444 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Wisconsin Farmers' Institutes - 1901 - 330 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1888 - 952 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | 1916 - 1116 σελίδες
...fellow apprentices, I shall feel well compensated for my trouble. Boston, Mass. JOSEPH AP EVANGKLISTA. THE great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what directiqn we are moving. — Ex. MEN are guided less by conscience than by glory, and yet the shortest... | |
 | John Alexander Steuart - 1890 - 322 σελίδες
...It could hardly be better put. There is something there beyond the reach of most humorists. Again, ' I find the great thing in this world is not so much...port of Heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind I and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and ' not drift, nor lie at anchor. There is one very... | |
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