Quotes by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. >>

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not deat >>

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can f >>

Quotations about Action

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greates >>

It's no good agreeing with a person who can't make up his mind. >>

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of ou >>

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.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell