Sail Quotes

512 quotes by 385 authors

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who… — Franz Grillparzer
If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure… — Freya Stark
If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek… — Joshua Slocum
We were wavering around like a ship without a sail. — Judy Holliday
Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction. — Lowell Thomas
If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail.… — Parker Stevenson
I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail. — Ricky Skaggs
It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel. — Robert Bork
Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure. — Robert Southwell
Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. — Thomas Campion
Everybody Sails alone, but we can travel side by side — KT Tunstall
Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be… — Saint Francis de Sales
The anthropologist must relinquish his comfortable position in the long chair on the veranda of the missionary compound, Government station, or planter's bungalow, where, armed… — Bronislaw Malinowski
The Atheist complains about the wind. The Christian prays for it to change. The Satanist adjusts his sails. — Anton Szandor LaVey
The winds of God's grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails. — Ramakrishna
It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it. — William Hague
If we are all strong, stable, we can set our sail with any wind in the world that comes along. We make up our own… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
In political activity . . . men sail a boundless and bottomless sea; there is neither harbour for shelter nor floor for anchorage, neither starting-place… — Michael Joseph Oakeshott
The Thames is a wretched river after the Mersey and the ships are not like Liverpool ships and the docks are barren of beauty ...… — John Masefield

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