Ceremony Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

The ship is going by a mighty engine, and you are busy rowing.

— Mooji

Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than rowing an…

— Stefan Kieszling

Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream.

— Jim Dietz

Rowing is a simple sport stuffed up by experts

— Roger Moore

Internally, you experience rowing as a graphic microcosm of life - solitude, learning, work, rest, nourishment, sharing and ultimately challenge.

— Allen Rosenberg

I must keep on rowing, not until I reach port but until I reach my grave.

— Madame de Stael

Rowing is such a fine sport. Everyone goes backward, and the leader can see his opponents as they struggle in vain.

— Brad Alan Lewis

A rower knows the underlying presence that moves a boat; it is quite simply force and energy. The force needs to be penetrating, and…

— Drew Ginn

The hardest part of rowing properly: Eyes and Minds in The Boat!

— Phillip Thomas

When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores your nights. It imparts…

— Barry S. Strauss

There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.

— Harry S. Truman

Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.

— Kenichi Ohmae