 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 - 606 pages
...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... | |
 | Emily Vanderbilt Sloane Hammond - 1909 - 398 pages
...the soul for its daily combat. AB BROWN 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. From "THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE" By HOLMES JUNE 15 Matthew 12: 1-21 Out of the abundance... | |
 | 1909 - 136 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 - 136 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 - 620 pages
...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 - 614 pages
...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 - 358 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 - 338 pages
...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 - 380 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 LIGHTS OF LONDON TOWN GEORGE R. SIMS HEART-broken, worn, and weary, a... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 394 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... | |
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