 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
 | Mrs. Minnie E. Kenney Paull - 1895 - 224 pages
...the keenest of joy. — ANON. * 3une 23. 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 sometimes sail with the wind, and sometimes against it — but we must sail, and not drift nor lie... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1897 - 604 pages
...through us. — Rev. Phillips Brooks, 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. — Olirer Wendell Holmes. QUESTIONS ON THE WAY OF LIFE. The series of "Questions" beginning in this... | |
 | 1900 - 424 pages
...and hopeful than to be forty years old. 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 EARLY LIFE OF LINCOLN. ' ISAAC N. ARNOLD. On the 12th of February, 1809,... | |
 | Wilbert Webster White - 1900 - 300 pages
...§ 165. THE COVENANT AND ITS APPROVERS "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. "That Ezra remained at Jerusalem during the dozen or more years after he... | |
 | Willard Daniel Johnson - 1901 - 116 pages
...the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. b To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. — Holmes 1. Express in your own language the thought of the above selections. 2. Copy the selections... | |
 | Imogen Clark - 1902 - 384 pages
...sleep to doom, — to doom. JOHN STERLING. 'T'HE 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. NO wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port. MONTAIGNE Teach... | |
 | Rose Mary, Kavana, Arthur Beatty - 1902 - 472 pages
...passengers, and sit at most ease in his state cabin ! — JOHN RUSKIN, The Crown of Wild Olive. III. V There is one very sad thing in old friendships, to : every mind that is really moving cnward. It is this : 1 that one cannot help using his early friends as the sea.'' man uses a log, to... | |
 | George Wallace Neet - 1903 - 264 pages
...a "fossil" sooner than he is aware. The educational world demands thoughtful, progressive teachers. "To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes...but we must sail, and not drift nor lie at anchor. " Daily Preparation. — No teacher can succeed well without the habit of preparing his lessons for... | |
 | Mary Minerva Barrows - 1904 - 216 pages
...temper, you are not unhappy. Jtnon, & J& & 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: " Jtutocrat of the BreakfastiTable," Groweth the morning from gray to gold; Up, my heart, and... | |
 | New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.) - 1904 - 1056 pages
...do, did, done. в. Write from memory: "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. To reach...of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometí mes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." —THE AUTOCKAT OF... | |
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