Inspirational Quotes » Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Quote #16234

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:40 +0000

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.

Quote #16199

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:39 +0000

Nothing is so frequent as to mistake an ordinary human gift for a special and extraordinary endowment.

Quote #16068

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:38 +0000

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.

Quote #15963

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:37 +0000

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.

Quote #15699

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:34 +0000

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in which direction we are moving.

Quote #15567

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:32 +0000

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Quote #15417

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:31 +0000

To live is to function. That is all there is in living.

Quote #15361

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:30 +0000

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

Quote #15397

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:30 +0000

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Quote #15223

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:29 +0000

A page of history is worth a pound of logic.