Stepping Out into the Wind Allowing it to catch my Sails

Hoist the sails of your own spirit to catch the winds of God.

— Ralph Washington Sockman

“Just because I stay calm, doesn't mean that I have no wind in my sails.”

— Anthony t hincks

“A ship, like a human being, moves best when it is slightly athwart the wind, when it has to keep its sails tight and…

— James A. Michener

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

— Dolly Parton

What is there more unruly than the sea, with its winds, its tornadoes, and its tempests? And yet in what department of her works…

— Pliny the Elder

Among the seascapes, I am doing the regattas of Le Havre with many figures on the beach and the outer harbor covered with small…

— Claude Monet

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

“When turbulence hits your sails remind yourself it is an opportunity to get to the shore quicker.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

I may not be able to direct the wind but I can adjust the sails.

— Anonymous

I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk…

— Roger McGuinn

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

— John Dryden

Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then there will also be people, who do not shrink from the dreary…

— Johannes Kepler

She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.

— Elizabeth Edwards

“ships sails in many directions, but it is the same wind responsible to their destinations.”

— Yuddandisivasubramanyam

You cant direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

— Anonymous