Canvas Quote by Arthur Hugh Clough

Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports.

— Anonymous

The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk.

— Rose George

Behold the threaden sails, Borne with the invisible and creeping wind, Draw the huge bottoms through the furrow'd sea, Breasting the lofty surge

— William Shakespeare

It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.

— Little Richard

“We were friends and have become estranged. But this was right, and we do not want to conceal and obscure it from ourselves as…

— Roland Barthes

On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such…

— Anonymous

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

— George William Curtis

“I’m tired of sailing my little boat Far inside of the harbor bar; I want to be out where the big ships float —…

— Verne Harnish

“I loved to steer the ship, and in a short time became an expert helmsman. What glorious weather one experiences within the limits of…

— John D. Whidden

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them…

— Liz Wiseman

A ship's engine far away on the water expands the summer-night horizon. Both joy and sorrow swell in the dew's magnifying glass. Without really…

— Tomas Transtromer

“The NELLIE, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the…

— Joseph Conrad