Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son:...
inspirational motivational work
The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
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A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
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I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.
love inspirational life
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
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The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.
inspirational life death
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
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Stillness and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Vulgar persons can't sit still, or at least must always work their limbs and features.
respect
I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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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.
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The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.