Oar Quotes

63 quotes by 51 authors

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water. — Kate Chopin
Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ. — Charles Spurgeon
Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down. — Antonio Machado
Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his… — Mark Twain
The world is like a vast sea: mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom. ... [T]he sciences serve us for oars. — Oliver Goldsmith
The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the… — Samuel Johnson
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. — Harold Geneen
I thought when I became a Christian I had nothing to do but just to lay my oars in the bottom of the boat and… — Dwight L. Moody
Quorum and group leaders should provide the leading voice and laboring oar in every ward and branch council regarding retention of converts. — D. Todd Christofferson
As Einstein himself pointed out. He said weâ€™re like people in a boat without oars drifting along a winding river. Around us we see only… — Jack Finney
Consider that you radiate. At all times. Consider that what youâ€™re feeling right now is rippling outward into a field of is-ness that anyone can… — Danielle LaPorte
He that floats lazily down the stream, in pursuit of something borne along by the same current, will find himself indeed moved forward; but unless… — Samuel Johnson
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never… — Aristophanes
In any case, his religious teaching consisted mostly in more or less vague ethical remarks, an obscure mixture of ideals of English gentlemanliness and his… — Thomas Merton
Sometimes it is really hard to sit in the single and go for a row. I think this is really normal. I, like probably a… — Xeno Muller
I started rowing in December 1995. The place was Association Nautique Faontainbleau in France. A friend of mine from middle school told me that I… — Xeno Muller
And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept their time. — Andrew Marvell
The oars game me power but also taught me humility. — Barry S. Strauss
So to the lyre of Orpheus they struck with their oars, The furious water of the sea, and the surge broke into waves. Here and… — Barry S. Strauss

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