 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.  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 324edited by - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American essays - 1883 - 354 pages
...SOME WAY MAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF.''' I find the great thing in this world is not so mucf) 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.... | |
 | Midland County (Mich.) - 1884 - 444 pages
...family record, the above being in relief. The following is countersunk : " I find the great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." The cane is a marvel of hand-carving, every portion of which was done with a "jack-knife," and represents... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...truly lives, so long as he acts his nature, or some way makes good the faculties of himself." I find the great thing in this world is not so much where...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.... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 624 pages
...truly lives, so long as he acts his nature, or some way makes good the faculties of himself." I find the great thing in this world is not so much where...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.... | |
 | Wisconsin Farmers' Institutes - Agriculture - 1901 - 330 pages
...argument against progress. Bear in mind Oliver Wendell Holmes' words, "The great thing in the word Is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." DISCUSSION. Question — Would you advise washing the dishes after every meal or would you pile them... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - Quotations, English - 1890 - 426 pages
...of our knowledge is that which teaches us where knowledge leaves off, and ignorance begins. I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. The flowering moments of the mind drop half their petals in our speech. Wisdom is the abstract of the... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1888 - 952 pages
...their presence, and muse or sleep, And all at once they leave you and you know them. Brotming. I find the great thing in this world is not so much where We stand as in what direction we are moving. Holmes. The path of life we walk to-day Is strange as that the Hebrews trod; We need the shadowing... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Calendars - 1889 - 124 pages
...wild blood makes it hard to tram. THE PEOFESSOE AT THE BEEAKFAST-TAELE. . 19. Copernicus, 1473. I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where...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.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Birthday books - 1889 - 482 pages
...Burke, 1719; Maria Edgeworth, 1767 ; Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819. JANUARY 2. Philip Freneau, 1752. I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where...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.... | |
 | Printing - 1916 - 1116 pages
...fellow apprentices, I shall feel well compensated for my trouble. Boston, Mass. JOSEPH AP EVANGKLISTA. THE great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what directiqn we are moving. — Ex. MEN are guided less by conscience than by glory, and yet the shortest... | |
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