 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 Autocrat of the Breakfast-table - Σελίδα 105των Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1868 - 373 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 σελίδες
...outgrown shell by life's unresting sea I " Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all. The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. At thirty we are all trying to cut our names in big letters upon this tenement of life. Twenty years... | |
 | 1898 - 200 σελίδες
...story without end, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend. — SALUTAMUS. The great thing in the world is "not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. — HOLMES. Attempt the end and never stand in doubt; Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.... | |
 | 1899 - 262 σελίδες
...The "Constitutions" for the Carolinas were signed by the king, but were not acceptable to the people. The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. HOLMES. March 2 1764 Date of the Charter of Brown University. Learning by study must be won ; 'T was... | |
 | Wilbert Webster White - 1900 - 300 σελίδες
...163. REFORMS OF EZRA AND NEHEMIAH § 164. A PRAISEFUL PRAYER § 165. THE COVENANT AND ITS APPROVERS "I find the great thing in this world is not so much...but we must sail, and not drift nor lie at anchor." — Oliver Wendell Holmes. "That Ezra remained at Jerusalem during the dozen or more years after he... | |
 | 1900 - 424 σελίδες
...! To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. I find the great thing in this world is not so much...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. — Oliver Wendell Holmes. THE EARLY LIFE OF LINCOLN. ' ISAAC N. ARNOLD. On the 12th of February, 1809,... | |
 | Willard Daniel Johnson - 1901 - 116 σελίδες
...Wonderland, Black Beauty, Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now, Vision of Sir Launfal. o I find the great thing in this world is, not so much...where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. b To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but... | |
 | Lewis George Janes - 1901 - 200 σελίδες
...equanimity. — Lecky. Who, then, is unconquerable ? He whom the inevitable cannot overcome. — Efictetus. I find the great thing in this world is, not so much...where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. — O. IV. Holmes. (164) XIV Opportunity -Sft " One day with life and heart Is more than time enough... | |
 | Imogen Clark - 1902 - 384 σελίδες
...the dreamer who skulks by his chimney warm Drifts in his sleep to doom, — to doom. JOHN STERLING. 'T'HE great thing in this world is not so much where...but we must sail, and not drift nor lie at anchor. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. NO wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port. MONTAIGNE Teach... | |
 | George Wallace Neet - 1903 - 264 σελίδες
...a "fossil" sooner than he is aware. The educational world demands thoughtful, progressive teachers. "To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes...but we must sail, and not drift nor lie at anchor. " Daily Preparation. — No teacher can succeed well without the habit of preparing his lessons for... | |
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