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
 | 1900
...$12,000,000." — New York School Journal 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." — Holmes. A certain American tourist visited the studio of Meissonier, the greatest genre painter... | |
 | 1903
...attention. PRIMARY EDUCATION Sept., 1903 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 Playing Store NELLIE E. DAILEY, Ludlow, Vt. THIRTY pairs of hands reluctantly... | |
 | 1904
...to keep working toward the right. 2 I find the great thing in this world is, 'not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving/ To reach...we must sail, 'and not drift, 'nor lie at anchor.' 3 Incompleteness of thought is marked by the rising inflection. Completeness of thought and momentary... | |
 | 1914
...all his dealings with his fellowmen. I find the greatest 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 muit sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it — but we must sail and not drift nor lie... | |
 | 1991
...that Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote: "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. To reach...sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, and not lie at anchor." With America 2000 we are not standing at anchor. We've shoved off and set sail.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business - 1967
...find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand As in what direction we are moving, We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes...But we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." "It is clear that we stand at a critical point in our nation's history. Decisions taken iu the weeks... | |
 | United States. President - 1967
...surface. These measures will contribute to the development of the Coastal Zone discussed in Chapter IV. "We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Chapter XV NATIONAL POLICY PLANNING AND COORDINATION From the foregoing discussion... | |
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