Sailing Quotes

331 Sailing quotes by 258 unique authors

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is… — Thomas Merton
A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. — Chester W. Nimitz
He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all. — William Osler
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds. — Aristotle Onassis
We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. — Blaise Pascal
Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. — William Penn
On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale. — Alexander Pope
If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends. — Enoch Powell
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go. — Jim Rohn
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well… — Donald Rumsfeld
If the Lord says to give more than you think you are able to give, know that He will provide for you. Whether things are… — Charles Stanley
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. — John Updike
Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And… — Daria Werbowy
'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
WE two boys together clinging, One the other never leaving, Up and down the roads going, North and South excursions making, Power enjoying, elbows stretching,… — Walt Whitman
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful. — Fernando Pessoa
and I shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high, on a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky. and i will never grow so old… — Van Morrison
There was once a little girl who was so very intelligent that her parents feared that she would die. But an aged aunt, who had… — Edith Wharton
Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind may blow And many… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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