Sail Quotes
512 Sail quotes by 385 unique authors
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But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is…
— William Arthur Ward
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Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops Sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars And reach for the…
— John Denver
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I am driven out of fatherlands and motherlands. Thus I now love only my children's land, yet undiscovered, in the farthest sea; for this I…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
— Bear Grylls
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If you want to understand the jungle, you can't be content just to sail back and forth near the shore. You've got to get into…
— Carl Jung
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When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call. Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet tall. You've seen it all, you've…
— Jimmy Buffett
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It is our philosophical set of the sail that determines the course of our lives. To change our current Direction, we have to change our…
— Jim Rohn
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To reach a port we must set sail
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: chart…
— Thomas S. Monson
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All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only…
— Socrates
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The breeze of God's grace is blowing continually. You have to set your sail to catch that breeze.
— Unknown Author
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Arsenal have the wind in their sails and they need to put their foot to the floor.
— Andy Townsend
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What makes a good editor is staying the hell out of the way as much as possible. ... If you're a DC or Marvel or…
— Mark Waid
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The same wind blows on us all. The economic wind, the social wind, the political wind. The same wind blows on everybody. The difference in…
— Jim Rohn
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At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided. It was a sharp, cold Christmas; and as the short northern…
— Herman Melville
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Trying to have wisdom without application is like trying to catch the winds without raising the sails!
— Thomas Russell
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And more than once in the course of time, the same theme reappears: among the mystics of the fifteenth century, it has become the motif…
— Michel Foucault
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... the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
— Ben Jonson
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She sent him a warm and gentle wind, and Lord Odysseus was happy as he set his sails to catch the breeze. He sat beside…
— Homer
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In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain-I find no sea room-but in great souls I sail before the…
— Henry David Thoreau
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As soon as somebody demonstrates the art of flying, settlers from our species of man will not be lacking on the moon and Jupiter... Given…
— Johannes Kepler
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Walking aft a few feet we stand at the steering gear of the ship. There is no cozy; wheel-house on the bridge for the quartermaster…
— Paul J. H. Schoemaker
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I heave the basketball; I know it sails in a parabola, exhibiting perfect symmetry, which is interrupted by the basket. It's funny, but it is…
— Michael Jordan
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This is the day of wonders. The land is covered with trees like a head with hair and behind the ship the sun rises tipping…
— Alice Munro
Who Wrote These Sail Quotes
385 authors contributed a total of 512 Sail Quotes, led by these top contributors: