Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Learn the sweet magic of a cheerful face.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Death tugs at my ear and says, 'Live. I am coming.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

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.

A man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Don't be consistent, but be simply true.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.