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Ships Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.
- Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in.
- Nature is no sentimentalist, - does not cosset or pamper us. We must see that the world is rough and surly, and will not mind…
- Each man has his own vocation. The talent is the call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him. He has…
- A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at…
- 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…
- Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus.
- There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions, so they be each honest and natural in their hour. For of one will, the…
- Every day brings a ship, Every ship brings a word; Well for those who have no fear, Looking seaward well assured That the word the…
- The true ship is the ship builder.
More Ships Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France… — John James Audubon
- We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that… — Abu Abbas
- It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and… — Paul Auster
- There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video. — Dan Aykroyd
- Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing. — Robert Ballard
- The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer,… — Henry Adams
- The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them. — Amelia Barr
- I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all. — Lynda Barry
- We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat. — Bernard Baruch
- The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights. — Giotto di Bondone
- Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. — Omar N. Bradley