 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
 | 1908
...the water rough and sailing disagreeable? "To reach the port of heaven," says Oliver Wendell Holmes, "we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes...But we must sail, and not drift nor lie at anchor." Happily, there are also fair winds. 2 Pet. i. 21 contains a fair-wind image: " Holy men of God spake... | |
 | 1909 - 116 pages
...The kindest thing in the kindest way. 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. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. INSPIRATION IF I could climb to heavenly heights, And beg one gift from the... | |
 | 1909 - 116 pages
...The kindest thing in the kindest way. 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. INSPIRATION IF I could climb to heavenly... | |
 | Benjamin Orange Flower, Charles Zueblin - 1910
...opportunities for all, privilege for none." "I 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. CONSERVATION NEWS By MF Abbott Legislation. THE first regular session of the 61st Congress... | |
 | Benjamin Orange Flower, Charles Zueblin - 1910
...opportunities for all, privilege for none." "I 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. CONSERVATION NEWS By MF Abbott Legislation. THE first regular session of the 61st Congress... | |
 | Walter Lowrie Hervey, Melvin Hix - 1911 - 324 pages
...boastfully or as a wonderful matter." 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. — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. OLIVEK WENDELL HOLMKS OLD IRONSIDES Ay, tear her tattered ensign 0 down!... | |
 | Stratton Duluth Brooks - 1911
...his faculties. — SAMUEL JOHNSON. 61. 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. — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 62. He began his dramatic career, as usual, by rowing against the strong... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1912
...dead. — Nixon Waterman. THE GREAT THING 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. — Oliver Wendell Holmes THE LIGHTS OF LONDON TOWN GEORGE R. SIMS HEART-broken, worn, and weary, a... | |
 | J. W. Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 371 pages
...dead. — Nixon Waterman. THE GREAT THING 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. — Oliver Wendell Holmes. THE TAPESTRY WEAVERS A MONG products of the hands, no work is more attractive... | |
 | James Watt Raine - 1915 - 207 pages
...finished | his necessary business. I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving; to reach...must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. There is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness in work. Were he never so benighted, forgetful of his high... | |
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