Sailing Quotes

331 Sailing quotes by 258 unique authors

Night and day the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the River is the soul of the desert. Brave boatmen come, they… — Edward Abbey
New things always have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow. It is sheer fantasy to imagine that the cause of socialism is all… — Mao Zedong
The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long as the heart… — Ramakrishna
That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks or sailing ships-although… — Rodney Stark
Thats what a ship is, you know. Its not a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. Thats what a ship needs. But… — Johnny Depp
Wisdom sails with wind and time. — John Florio
I think of bad news as a huge bird, with the wings of a crow and the face of my Grade Four school teacher, sparse… — Margaret Atwood
Be in a state of gratitude for everything that shows up in your life. Be thankful for the storms as well as the smooth sailing.… — Wayne Dyer
From the plough to paper, from the wheel to house, from tool handles to sailing ships. Man would have been nothing without trees. — Chris Priestley
You mustn't miss the moment. There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor. — Bette Davis
There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to yet - except… — Jerome K. Jerome
He was sailing over a boundless expanse of sea, with a blood-red sky above, and the angry waters, lashed into fury beneath, boiling and eddying… — Charles Dickens
Walking was not fast enough, so we ran. Running was not fast enough, so we galloped. Galloping was not fast enough, so we sailed. Sailing… — Margaret Atwood
Some gifted adventurer is always sailing round the world of art and science, to bring home costly merchandise from every port. — Robert Aris Willmott
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
We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow: and together, the three royals are given to the… — Herman Melville
You are uneasy; you never sailed with me before, I see. — Andrew Jackson
It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living. — Ernest K. Gann
The key to all strange things is in thy heart..../ My spirit has come home, that sailed the doubtful seas. — Countee Cullen
There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow we used to… — Mark Twain
Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Family, that slippery word, a star to every wandering bark, and everyone sailing under a different sky. — Mark Haddon
The cloudlets are lazily sailing O'er the blue Atlantic sea; And mid the twilight there hovers A shadowy figure o'er me... — Heinrich Heine
There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a… — Joyce Brothers
The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head — Herman Melville

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