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 sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
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The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.
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.
This quote is just one of 33 total Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quotes in our collection. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is known for saying '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 sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.' as well as some of the following quotes.