Quotes of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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“ Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby. ”

- Evanescence

“ There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ When your only competition is becoming a better you, you will always win the game. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ All my problems bow before my stubbornness. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ Our great human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less. ”

- Maggie Stiefvater

“ Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ”

- Voltaire

“ The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ One thing I learned out of all these years is nobody really riding wit you like they say n I’ll always keep my guard up cause of all the fuckery. ”

- Genereux Philip

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do. ”

- RuPaul

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon

“ Numbers by popular consensus don’t make a wrong thing right, and if you are misunderstood for being right, don’t be afraid because they are not yet in the right time zone. ”

- Erwin D. Maramat

“ We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ Relationships are like Rome difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love. ”

- Helen Keller

“ I will love you even when I am dust on the wind. ”

- Nalini Singh

“ Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ”

- Steve Backley