 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 - Page 99by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
 | College Entrance Examination Board - 1905 - 102 pages
...Torquato Tasso. 6 Translate into German: I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving : To reach...one very sad thing in old friendships, to every mind which is really moving onward. It is this: that one can not help using his early friends as the seaman... | |
 | James Brady Smiley - 1905 - 348 pages
...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 we are moving. To reach...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 pages
...it will be round and full at evening." "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: to reach...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!... | |
 | 1905 - 626 pages
...keep striving we shall lose ground. 2. I find the great4 thing in this world is', not so much where we stand', as in what direction' we are mo'ving. To reach...sometimes against' it, — but we must sail', and not drift4 or lie at anchor'. 3. Great, stand, moving, with, against, sail, drift, anchor, have the downward... | |
 | 1905 - 848 pages
...the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. 6 To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. 1 Express in your own language the thought of the above selections. 2 Copy the selections and mark... | |
 | Dexter Dwight Mayne - 1905 - 200 pages
...it will be round and full at evening." "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: to reach...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 pages
...it will be round and full at evening" "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: to reach...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 pages
...Resurrection."—The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. To reach...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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 pages
...HAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF.' » 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 windao 74G HOLMES. and sometimes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.... | |
 | Melvin Linwood Severy - 1908 - 636 pages
...choose to pay for it. Jalin Ruskin. 1 find the greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand. as in what direction we are moving; to reach...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Holmes. The real difference between men is energy. A strong will, a settled purpose, an invincible... | |
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