Sailing Quotes

331 quotes by 272 authors

Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but you… — David Whyte
Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the… — Mahatma Gandhi
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
Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Coastal sailing as long as it is perfectly safe and easy commands no magic. Overseas expeditions are invariably bound up with ceremonies and ritual. Man… — Bronislaw Malinowski
When young Galileo, then a student at Pisa, noticed one day during divine service a chandelier swinging backwards and forwards, and convinced himself, by counting… — Hermann von Helmholtz
If you're going through difficult times today, hold steady. It will change soon. If you are experiencing smooth sailing and easy times now, brace yourself.… — James Dobson
I love sailing and water sports; whether it's water skiing, body boarding or surfing or simply swimming in the ocean. — Karolina Kurkova
I'm going to Iowa for an award. Then I'm appearing at Carnegie Hall, it's sold out. Then I'm sailing to France to be honored by… — Groucho Marx
We returned home, after these experiments, with the conviction that sailing flight was not the exclusive prerogative of birds. — Otto Lilienthal
Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the same fire that urged the… — Jean Batten
I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don't know what I'll do when… — Larry Ellison
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents… — Anne McCaffrey
Layering and changeability: this is the key, the combination that is worked into most of my buildings. Occupying one of these buildings is like sailing… — Glenn Murcutt
I love cities that are on the water. I love the water element, specifically the sea. I grew up on the sea and I grew… — Connie Nielsen
I grew up on the beaches of Southern California surfing and sailing and I've always loved horses so it was part of my dream that… — Bo Derek
On the Trans-Atlantic Single-handed Race Mr Owen Smithers has been disqualified for using both hands. — Heikki Luoma
If everything is smooth sailing right from the beginning, we cannot become people of substance and character. By surmounting paining setbacks and obstacles, we can… — Daisaku Ikeda
Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction. — Robert Breault
The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be. — Ella Maillart

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