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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.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
A child’s education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.
— Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions – adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.
— Walter M. Schirra, Sr.
In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel’s independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty.
— Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
I found that, academically, it really didn’t matter whether I had received a certain grade in a class; it didn’t matter too much what schools I wanted to attend… What matters is one’s drive, one’s intelligence.
— Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Some of us think with our heads, others with our hearts. Though neither is good or bad, it seems that one solves problems while the other adds to them.
— Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.
Integrity is critical to our lives – and to our dreams of achievement. We must remember that without integrity, nothing else matters and that with integrity, nothing else matters.
— Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Poets, Writers . . . know that we are the enchanting magicians that nourishes the seeds of dreams and thoughts . . . it is our words that entice the hearts and minds of others to believe there is something grand about the possibilities that life has to offer and our words tease it forth into action . . . for you are the Poet, the Writer to whom the Gift of Words has been entrusted . . . wsp
— William S. Peters, Sr.
Don’t flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
A politician is worse than the arsonist, for he lights the fire and then vows if elected he will supply more fire trucks.
— Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.
Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
People have a tendency to shrink the boundaries of complex problems to fit into their back pocket and then, sure enough, grumble that their problems follow wherever they go.
— Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.
Winning is the science of being totally prepared.
— George Allen, Sr.
The boundaries that we face in life are mostly those we self-construct.
— Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.
Sometimes in life, we try to do our very best to help others, and in the process, it brings some anguish to us. But we can’t ever let that stop us. We can’t ever be stopped from helping others and allowing them to have some sense of happiness and joy in their life.
— Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Decide who you are and what your goals entail – then go for the roses. Life has little regard for those who waste time.
— Jon Huntsman, Sr.
The human body is much, much more than the sum of its parts, the difference being the human spirit.
— Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.
Forget the past – the future will give you plenty to worry about.
— George Allen, Sr.
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.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Love prefers twilight to daylight.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The human race, it seems, is run faster than the speed of life.
— Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man’s upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn’t got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The Amen of nature is always a flower.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Love is the fragrance of a rose we call humankind.
— Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.
One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.
— George Allen, Sr.
Never quit believing that you can develop in life. Never give up. Don’t deny the inward spirit that provides the drive to accomplish great things in life.
— Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Success is what you do with your ability. It’s how you use your talent.
— George Allen, Sr.
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don’t use that ability as best we can.
— George Allen, Sr.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
— George Allen, Sr.
In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.
— Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Men do not quit playing because they grow old they grow old because they quit playing.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The beauty of Judaism is that it demands we ask questions, especially of ourselves.
— Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
I never have used computers or calculators. I’ve always been able to figure out in my head, far before my opposition has, in negotiating for acquisitions, where we need to be and where the numbers are and how we could get the best sight of the bargain, without having to resort to accountants or assistants or financial experts.
— Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.
— George Allen, Sr.
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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