Ship Quotes

860 Ship quotes by 656 unique authors

As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength of mind to… — Salman Rushdie
If the lives of men were relieved of all need, hardship and adversity; if everything they took in hand were successful, they would be so… — Arthur Schopenhauer
If I did not see that the Lord kept watch over the ship, I should long since have abandoned the helm. But I see Him!… — Martin Luther
No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction. — Seneca the Younger
When one rows it is not the rowing which moves the ship: rowing is only a magical ceremony by means of which one compels a… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, ina government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist… — Henry David Thoreau
I think the more avenues that open up when people want to publish, the better. Some of the authors that want to jump ship from… — Vince Flynn
Upon the shoulders of you mothers rests; in a great measure, the responsibility of correctly developing the mental and moral powers of the rising generation...I… — Wilford Woodruff
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
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are good when you are one with yourself. Yet when you are not one with yourself you are not evil. For a divided house… — Khalil Gibran
Objectives can be compared to a compass bearing by which a ship navigates. A compass bearing is firm, but in actual navigation, a ship may… — Peter Drucker
All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves. — Barney Ross
They lead only as the carved wooden figurehead leads the ship. — Laurence J. Peter
WE DASH THE BLACK RIVER, ITS flats smooth as stone. Not a ship, not a dinghy, not one cry of white. The water lies broken,… — James Salter
Each picture has some sort of rhythm which only the director can give it. He has to be like the captain of a ship. — Fritz Lang
It all started off with stirring speeches, Greek columns, the thrill of something new. Now all that's left is a presidency adrift, surviving on slogans… — Paul Ryan
If the art of ship-building were in the wood, ships would exist by nature. — Aristotle
Load the ship and set out. No one knows for certain whether the vessel will sink or reach the harbor. Cautious people say, 'I'll do… — Unknown Author
If you lack the iron and the fizz to take control of your own life, then the gods will repay your weakness by having a… — Tom Robbins

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