Adventure Quote by Joaquin Miller Download Open image “He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!"” — Joaquin Miller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adventure Lessons Sail Sailing World
Now he began to see for the first time the unbelievable magnitude of what man, when he gained power to understand and rule the world in terms of dialectic truths, had lost. He had built empires of scientific capability to manipulate the phenomena of nature into enormous manifestations of his own dreams of power and wealth...but for this he had… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share
“Set your sail to the big world, to the big ports but never forget your little world, your little port!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“The simple act of sailing had carried him beyond the world of reversals, frustrations, and inanities. And in the space of a few short… — Alfred Lansing Copy Share Image
“He sailed through the world guided only by the dim lights of impulse and habit, confident that his course would throw up no obstacles… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“He couldn’t save the world outright, but he could aid it by living a life of integrity and contentment. If enough people did the same, the hundredth monkey effect would reshape the world, and in this way, he would be saving the world within a collective effort. Till then, he’d dive deeper and deeper into the calming depths of the… — Jasun Ether Copy Share
“He wanted to learn how the world worked, and I wanted to learn how to work the world.” — Jessica Taylor Copy Share Image
“He floated along thinking he would like to love the world as it was, and he felt a great deal of accomplishment for the… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Now a new era had dawned upon the world, which quivered with the impact of tremendous forces, of discoveries and inventions. Man rode upon… — Robert Nathan Copy Share Image
He had come to know quite thoroughly the world in which he lived. His outlook was bleak and materialistic. The world as he saw… — Jack London Copy Share Image
“He learned to read the ocean by a cupful. He also learned to regard each port of call as part of the journey and… — E.L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving—we must sail… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr Copy Share Image
Lonely as God, and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts up sudden and solitary from the heart of the great black forests… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Man's books are but a climbing stair, Lain step by step, like stairs of stone; The stairway here, the temple there - Man's lampad… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries and fails… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Men say, "By pride the angels fell from heaven." By pride they reached a place from which they fell! — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Man's books are but man's alphabet, Beyond and on his lessons lie - The lessons of the violet, The large gold letters of the… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Is it worthwhile that we jostle a brother, Bearing his load on the rough road of life? Is it worthwhile that we jeer at… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
The soul that feeds on books alone - I count that soul exceeding small That lives alone by book and creed, - A soul… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
I throw a kiss across the sea, I drink the winds as drinking wine, And dream they all are blown from thee, I catch… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
O woman, born first to believe us; Yea, also born first to forget; Born first to betray and deceive us, Yet first to repent… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
There are many To-morrows, my Love, my Love, There is only one To-day. — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known. — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write a film with my friend. I'd love to get the thrill of speaking actors making my work even funnier. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
What a thrill. You know you've entered new territory when you realise that your outfit cost more than your film. — Jessica Yu Copy Share Image
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned by a… — Alexander Supertramp Chris McCandless Copy Share Image
A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood Copy Share Image
“Exactly. I think the original tantric Buddhists took notice of was some very wise old people who never studied in their youth, but took… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share Image
As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“Love can give you such happiness, then can break the very heart it filled, leaving a hole that can never be fixed or protected… — Kevin McLeod Copy Share Image
“It always gave Wolf a peculiar thrill thus to tighten his grip upon his stick, thus to wrap himself more closely in his faded… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image