(252 quotes found)
“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”
“Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.”
“It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.”
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”
“A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.”
“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”
“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.”
“But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.”
“Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.