“It came on slowly, like the tide filling up the entire shore before you even realize it's coming in.” — Jennifer Shaw Wolf Copy Share Image
A wave in the ocean is a wave, only in so far as it is bound by name and form. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck." [ On Water ]” — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the waves come and wash away the sand so we can see the rock that make us stumble.” — Hamilton C. Burger Copy Share Image
I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be, The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows. — Charles Buxton Copy Share Image
Running a boat isn't that hard. Just takes doing. Most or all women I ever knew were discouraged from running boats, but… — Diane Wilson Copy Share Image
“The apple trees were in full bloom, the scent enveloping the party in a heady, almost palpable mist, and pale petals rocked… — Pauline Gedge Copy Share Image
Ive been on a cruise ship thats crashed. The captain comes on, 'I want you to know that the ship is taking… — John Pinette Copy Share Image
Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would… — Proverb Copy Share Image
When I began work on my first book, The River of Doubt, which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelts 1914 descent of… — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude. — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
A few days after 9/11, I put the old cassette of 'Born in the U.S.A.,' twisted and worn, on the car deck… — David Means Copy Share Image
“The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Do not suppose, however, that we are merely a society of lotus-eaters, lolling on divans and cuddling lovely women. Ecstasy is something… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, I reached across the aisle to write an economic development bill that addressed… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
I wrote a story about a man who is orphaned during the 1927 Mississippi River flood in Louisiana, and he's on the… — Susan Straight Copy Share Image
“A mile below the lowest cloud, rock breaches water and the sea begins. It has been given many names. Each inlet and… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
On board ship there are manysources of joy of which the land knows nothing. You mayflirt and dance at sixty; and if… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“Craft the finest arrow Forage jungles for straightest shaft Forge sharpest head of glass Pluck feathers of the wisest crow Without the… — Dylan Thomas McCall Copy Share Image
We are never far from the lilt and swirl of living water. Whether to fish or swim or paddle, of only to… — John Daniel Copy Share Image
Psycho-babble is that language spoken by sailors who have become so interested in navigating their way around their boat that they have… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
I finished 'Hell or High Water' and started writing 'Wind River' literally the next day. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
“They think the only road is where they're heading, but you and I were meant to sail upon the sea.” — Heather Dale Copy Share Image
The water's always changing, always flowing. But people, I guess, can't live like that — Pocahontas Copy Share Image
Feelings are much like waves; we can't stop them from coming but we can choose which ones to surf. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the ship docks, I'm getting off with you. This is crazy. I know it doesn't make any sense, that's why I… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Life is like a tide of ocean…when will it rise and when will it fall…it is uncertain…..so never give up … — Suzan Pandey Copy Share Image
“Don't sail through life, without an anchor, a captain and a compass” — Sonya Withrow Copy Share Image
The river route is certainly preferable, as it affords good grazing and an abundance of water. — William Whipple Copy Share Image
Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant. — Ming-Dao Deng Copy Share Image
I like it when things crescendo to a huge moment like 'Hold Back the River.' — James Bay Copy Share Image
What is the best thing to do when you have a hole in a boat and water is leaking inside? Make another… — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“I’ve been sitting here watching the river. It never stops, you know.” — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
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