 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
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...man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world. — Carlyle. I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. — 0. W. Holmes. And if you fall — why, arise again ! Get up, and go on ; you may be sorely bruised... | |
 | Mary Minerva Barrows - 1904 - 216 σελίδες
...strife. As long as you preserve the aggressive militant temper, you are not unhappy. Jtnon, & J& & I find the great thing in this world is, not so much...but we must sail and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Holmes: " Jtutocrat of the BreakfastiTable," Groweth the morning from gray to gold; Up, my heart, and... | |
 | New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.) - 1904 - 1056 σελίδες
...you about the correct use of eix little words: see, saw, seen, do, did, done. в. Write from memory: "I find the great thing in this world is not so much...of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometí mes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." —THE AUTOCKAT OF... | |
 | 1904 - 1034 σελίδες
...CHARITIES. September 6. 1902. As a starting-point for discussion, try the following: "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." * * * In the Christmas Cosmopolitan. Lady Henry Somerset tells of London's pauperism: "It is time that... | |
 | Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - 920 σελίδες
...integrity, he is set fast; nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth nor falsehood.— Tillotson, The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, as in what direction we are moving. — Oliver Wendell Holmes. Never does a man portray his own... | |
 | Dexter Dwight Mayne - 1905 - 200 σελίδες
...touch; nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening." "I find the great thing in this world is not so much...but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor." "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy \o1w-vaulted past!... | |
 | James Brady Smiley - 1905 - 348 σελίδες
..." Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. " I find the great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. " Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, and gives the key... | |
 | Dexter Dwight Mayne - 1905 - 200 σελίδες
...touch; nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening." "I find the great thing in this world is not so much...sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,—but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor." "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,... | |
 | Dexter Dwight Mayne - 1905 - 200 σελίδες
...touch, nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening" "I find the great thing in this world is not so much...sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,—but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor" "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,... | |
 | Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - 1905 - 614 σελίδες
...gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection."—The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. "I find the great thing in this world is not so much...sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."—The Autoerat. and it will be round and... | |
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