Sail Quotes

512 Sail quotes by 385 unique authors

Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost. — William Cowper
If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a… — William Cowper
Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. — Alexander Pope
The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind… — Joseph Conrad
He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale. — Robert Herrick
It's hard to tell / if we close our eyes or if night / opens in us other starred eyes, / if it burrows into… — Pablo Neruda
And over the pond are sailing Two swans all white as snow; Sweet voices mysteriously wailing Pierce through me as onward they go. They sail… — Heinrich Heine
Sundown. The distressed sloop, its mainmast shattered by lightning, its sails ripped by the winds of the open sea, drifted into the small, quiet beach… — Robert Ludlum
But the 3% who have taken the time and exercised the discipline to decide on a destination and to chart a course sail straight and… — Earl Nightingale
Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn And everybody's shouting "Which Side Are You On?" And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot Fighting… — Bob Dylan
Those who never sail stormy waters are the quickest and harshest judges of bad seamanship. — Susan Glaspell
Into the sunset's turquoise marge The moon dips, like a pearly barge; Enchantment sails through magic seas, To fairland Hesperides, Over the hills and away. — Madison Cawein
Mastery is the rudder, Mystery is the sail and Magic the wind to move you in your chosen direction. — Jack White
Windmills, which are used in the great plains of Holland and North Germany to supply the want of falling water, afford another instance of the… — Hermann von Helmholtz
He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" — Joaquin Miller
Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! — Joaquin Miller
The colors that float from the masthead should be the credentials of our seamen. There is no safety to us, and the gentlemen have shown… — Henry Clay
Evolution is fundamentally creative, and when we align ourselves with the evolutionary movements of consciousness, the universe itself puts wind in our sails. Quantum thinking… — Amit Goswami
Set your sails now but the ocean is very rough and treacherous... if you keep going you will get there. — Jesse Taylor
Fighting has taught me that the caterpillar takes a while to turn into a majestic butterfly! Patience, hard work, dedication, never giving up, rising to… — Jesse Taylor
For a sailor to sail around the world, the thought is just, sometimes, too much. Thus, one simply goes from port to port in the… — Hal Moore
Let Beth Leonard inspire you to sail around the world, explore the high latitudes, or discover your own capacity for adventure. Each nugget in this… — Gary Jobson
That's why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls by reconnecting to… — Nainoa Thompson
The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now, aviation brings a… — Charles Lindbergh
O proudly name their names who bravely sail| To seek brave lost in Arctic snows and seas! — Helen Hunt Jackson

Who Wrote These Sail Quotes

385 authors contributed a total of 512 Sail Quotes, led by these top contributors: