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
| James Watt Raine - 1915 - 222 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... | |
| 1918 - 630 pages
...and an ideal of ambitions." MRS. HENRY HEAD. The great thing in this world is not so much •where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. To reach...against it; but we must sail and not drift. nor lie Jit anchor." OW HOLMES. " If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are... | |
| 1900 - 478 pages
...$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... | |
| James McKeen Cattell - 1926 - 620 pages
...showed his wonderful insight when he said : 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. WHAT SCIENCE OWES THE PUBLIC By AUSTIN H. CLARK SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WE have heard much, in recent... | |
| 1903 - 570 pages
...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 - 694 pages
...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 - 830 pages
...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 - 914 pages
...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.... | |
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