The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game. — Abby Sunderland Copy Share Image
Herschel removed the speckled tent-roof from the world and exposed the immeasurable deeps of space, dim-flecked with fleets of colossal suns sailing… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Cuchulain stirred, Stared on the horses of the sea, and heard The cars of battle and his own name cried; And fought… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
She sent him a warm and gentle wind, and Lord Odysseus was happy as he set his sails to catch the breeze.… — Homer Copy Share Image
The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from… — Lewis Francis Herreshoff Copy Share Image
A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - never likely to reach home port. To us comes… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Night and day the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the River is the soul of the desert. Brave… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
Sailing became one of the mainstreams of my life. I suppose my father was an influence. I remember seeing a photo of… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
“birdwatching or sailing. Dad often took me out on his small catamaran, which only increased my love of the water, and I… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
True freedom has more to do with following the North Star than going whichever way the wind blows. Sometimes it seems like… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship. You have to say, "Well, we're sailing… — Baran Odar Copy Share Image
You have discovered the spiritual universe. Many others have discovered this same world, but each must make the discovery for himself. You… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat dug by… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“So,” he said, clearing the roughness out of his throat. “Where should we set up?” There was a narrow galley belowdeck and,… — Donna Kauffman Copy Share Image
“So there you have it: hearing voices at sea is not a pathological condition. It’s quite normal. Welcome to the world of… — Nic Compton Copy Share Image
“Through all his years of roving, even on nights like this, he had remained blind to the beauty of the sea, and… — William Outerson Copy Share Image
So let us raise a cheer ... for the insatiable spirit of Man eager for all new things! What a tale could… — Cecil Arthur Lewis Copy Share Image
“Victor had always said that most of the time happiness crept up on you when you were doing something else. He also… — Charlie Fletcher Copy Share Image
There are many marvellous stories told of Pherecydes. For it is said that he was walking along the seashore at Samos, and… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
Anthony Bridgerton leaned back in his leather chair,and then announced, "I'm thinking about getting married." Benedict Bridgerton, who had been indulging in… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“crossing the Atlantic under sail remains one of the most fulfilling ways possible to spend a month or so of your precious… — John Kretschmer Copy Share Image
To the question, "When were your spirits at the lowest ebb?" the obvious answer seemed to be, "When the gin gave out." — Francis Chichester Copy Share Image
“When you set sail for Ithaca, wish for the road to be long, full of adventures, full of knowledge.” — C.P. Cavafy Copy Share Image
You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“You know, the Chinese have forgotten more about sailing than the rest of the world ever knew.” — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
There's a time when the sea gets rough the wind is blowing and the fishes keep movin. What are you doing mister… — Freddie Mcgregor Copy Share Image
There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has… — Alan Villiers Copy Share Image
“who hadn’t at some point in his life wanted to climb to the top of a sailing ship in full flight?” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
From the plough to paper, from the wheel to house, from tool handles to sailing ships. Man would have been nothing without… — Chris Priestley Copy Share Image
Sailing is just the bottom line, like adding up the score in bridge. My real interest is in the tremendous game of… — Dennis Conner Copy Share Image
He's a boating enthusiast, although that phrase seems too weak to describe the level of his interest, kind of like describing someone… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity. — Horace Copy Share Image
No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity - and more specifically our… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
I really enjoy sailing on Lake Geneva because I can just look at the shore and see my wife having a barbecue… — Ernesto Bertarelli Copy Share Image
