I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving — we must sail sometimes with the wind and som… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

For there we loved, and where we love is home, Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts, Though o'er us shine the jasper-lighted dome:-- The chain may lengthen, but it never parts!

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power; that is all.

Young man, the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered that I was not God.