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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

"Where we love is home — home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Love

"Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Love

"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Love

"Where we love is home—home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Love

"Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Love

"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."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Belief

"A morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening tea cannot be expected to reproduce."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Happiness

"Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Personal Growth

"Friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Relationships

"Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Teamwork

"vote that shakes the turrets of the land."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Leadership

"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.

Determination

"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.

Gratitude

"The Amen of nature is always a flower."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Nature

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Knowledge