Sail Quotes · Page 7

Im not afraid of storms,for I'm learning how to sail ships.

— Nikkie

Melancholy and remorse forms the deep leaden keel which enables us to sail into the wind of reality.

— Cyril Connolly

I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas.

— Herman Melville

Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“On a ship that's made of paper, I would sail the seven seas. (Just to be with you.)”

— Scott Spencer

As o'er the stormy sea of human Life We sail, until our anchor'd spirits rest In the far haven of Eternity,...

— Robert Montgomery

I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke…

— Janet Fitch

Writing is a vessel...with readers the ocean and authors as its sails...

— William Petersen

Fiction does not invent out of a vacuum, but it invents; and what it invents is, first, the fabric and cadence of…

— Cynthia Ozick

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch…

— John F. Kennedy

But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the…

— William Cowper

Every sailor knows that you can't sail a ship that isn't moving forward, strong leaders understand that to change direction, you first…

— John C. Maxwell

I had a dream about building a house on a dock, composed from 100 triangles. You'd have to sail from room to…

— Henrik Vibskov

“The strongest storms make the best sailors. The strongest games make the best players. Tougher challenges make the best leaders.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

I think network television is really hard because it has to sail right away. HBO's so much more nurturing, patient. They think…

— Amanda Peet

A bogus Congress register can never lead you to Swaraj any more than a paper boat can help you to sail across…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Weirdly, I was still trying to be the older brother, and trying to get him [Tom Berninger] to try to be more…

— Matt Berninger

Never had I understood that I command, with absolute authority, the ship of my life! I decide its mission and rules and…

— Richard Bach

I do feel my fan base, my community understands me and appreciates me very deeply, and that is the wind in my…

— Ondi Timoner

Sometimes a party must sail against the wind. We cannot heed the call of those who say it is time to furl…

— Edward Kennedy

Pirate Dreams Needles and pins, Needles and pins, Sew me a sail to catch me the wind. Sew me a sail strong…

— Shel Silverstein

The wind of divine grace is always blowing. You just need to spread your sail. Whenever you do anything, do it with…

— Swami Vivekananda

I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it. What these men can't afford is not to…

— Sterling Hayden

I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats.

— John Dyer

Never set a child afloat on the flat sea of life with only one sail to catch the wind.

— D. H. Lawrence

The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself.

— John Rousmaniere

I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.

— Louisa May Alcott

What if others suffer shipwreck, yet none that sail with Jesus have ever been stranded yet.

— Charles Spurgeon

I had acquired the skills to sail a ship; I didn't acquire the knowledge.

— Tom Holland

He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!"

— Joaquin Miller

How easy 'tis, when Destiny proves kind, With full-spread sails to run before the wind!

— John Dryden

To reach a port we must set sail. Sail, not tie at anchor. Sail, not drift.

— Franklin D Roosevelt

The winds of God's grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.

— Ramakrishna

Mastery is the rudder, Mystery is the sail and Magic the wind to move you in your chosen direction.

— Jack White

Sweet Memory! wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail.

— Samuel Rogers

Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost.

— William Cowper

If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.

— Enoch Powell

I am the highway and a peregrine and all the sails that ever went to sea

— Robert James Waller

I will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can't wait for the chance to try again.

— Abby Sunderland