Oar Quotes

63 quotes by 51 authors

We cannot be satisfied with things as they are. We cannot be satisfied to drift, to rest on our oars, to glide over a sea… — John F. Kennedy
There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second… — Thomas de Quincey
But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. — William Cowper
Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. — Alexander Pope
The water in music the oar forsakes. The air in music the wing forsakes. All things in move in music and write it. The mouse,… — John Muir
It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat. — Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
From the Sun I learned this: when he goes down, overrich; he pours gold into the sea out of inexhaustible riches, so that even the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are points in which you young folks are altogether our superiors:… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life… — Robert Frost
A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them. — Michel de Montaigne
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily! — Saint Francis de Sales
From the sun did I learn this, when it goeth down, the exuberant one: gold doth it then pour into the sea, out of inexhaustible… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A person cannot coast along in old destructive habits year after year and accept whatever comes along. A person must stand up on her own… — Garrison Keillor
The Master Speed No speed of wind or water rushing by but you have speed far greater. You can climb back up a stream of… — Robert Frost
Our human tragedy is that we are unable to comprehend our experience, it slips through our fingers, we can't hold on to it, and the… — Salman Rushdie
All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, While little hands make… — Lewis Carroll
Mary bring out your umbrella - The sun shines down on this fine, fine day But the ashes raining down forever Are going to turn… — Lauren Oliver
The ship's boards were still sticky with new resin. We leaned over the railing to wave our last farewell, the sun-warm wood pressed against our… — Madeline Miller
Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. — Richard Halliburton
Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars. — Edvard Munch

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