Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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 Jr.
Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Beware how you take away hope from any human being.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.