Shipwreck Quotes

73 Shipwreck quotes by 66 unique authors

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there… — John Calvin
We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down. — Jean Anouilh
Life often seems like a long shipwreck of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love. - The shores of existence are strewn with them. — Madame de Stael
My story starts at sea, a perilous voyage to an unknown land. A shipwreck. The wild waters roar and heave. The brave vessel is dashed… — William Shakespeare
Her virtues, graced with external gifts, Do breed love's settled passions in my heart; And like as rigour of tempestuous gusts Provokes the mightiest hulk… — William Shakespeare
The invention of the ship was also the invention of the shipwreck. — Paul Virilio
Only that which cannot be lost in a shipwreck is yours. — Al-Ghazali
The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven. — Pope John Paul II
The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful… — Joseph Conrad
When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has… — Willa Cather
Society in shipwreck is comfort to all. — Publilius Syrus
An old man said, We are not condemned because of our thoughts that enter us, but because we use our thoughts badly; our thoughts can… — Poemen
Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism. — Josef Skvorecky
Voyaging begins when one burns one's boats, adventures begin with a shipwreck. — Michel Serres
In a very real sense, we are shipwrecked passengers on a doomed planet. Yet, even in a shipwreck, human decencies and human values do not… — Norbert Wiener
When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent… — Paul Virilio
If we once get above our Bibles and cease making the written Word of God our sole rule both as to faith and practice, we… — George Whitefield
Today, there is a whole generation of Christian men who are laughing at things that ought to make them weep, and not a few of… — R. Kent Hughes
Jane Austen can in fact get more drama out of morality than most other writers can get from shipwreck, battle, murder, or mayhem. — Ronald Blythe
Thought is the creative power, or the impelling force which causes the creative power to act; thinking in a Certain Way will bring riches to… — Wallace D. Wattles
Often it's just a short swim from the shipwreck of your life to the island paradise of your dreams, assuming you don't drown in the… — Robert Breault
... the passion for popularity brings such injury upon those it masters that it shipwrecks faith itself. Our Lord confirms this when He says, 'How… — Gregory Palamas
If you see the fury and hear the howling of the tempest, or read of shipwrecks, think of the storm of human passions causing daily… — John of Kronstadt
In the name of God, Monsieur, let us have greater confidence in Him than we do; let us allow Him to steer our little bark;… — Vincent de Paul
I am determined, even if they throw mud in my face, never to show any resentment, nor break with them, nor deviate from the esteem… — Vincent de Paul

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