Beware how you take away hope from another human being. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. More Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. More Quotes From Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. had-enough atheism life But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. stay-strong perseverance ambition To think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hero ideas thinking [The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. constitution life science We have been cocksure of many things that were not so. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. certitude has-beens certainty And silence, like a poultice, comes To heal the blows of sound. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. silence blow sound There is one gratification an old author can afford a certain class of critics; that namely, of comparing him as he is with what he was. It is a pleasure to mediocrity to have its superiors brought within range. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. mediocrity criticism class Certitude is not the test of certainty. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. learning tests certainty The great end of being is to harmonize man with the order of things, and the church has been a good pitch-pipe, and may be so still. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. destiny men order A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; 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. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. color skins life I have always sought to guide the future-but it is very lonely sometimes trying to play God. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. future lonely play I know of no teachers so powerful and persuasive as the little army of specialists. They carry no banners, they beat no drums; but where they are men learn that bustle and push are not the equals of quiet genius and serene mastery. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. army powerful teacher I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. half opportunity life Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. real wind thinking The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. prize powerful Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. corny remarkable wish Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. humility religious attitude The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. advice men book The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. unseen effort hands Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. lonely research writing
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