Inner Wisdom Quotes

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.