Boat Quote by Theodore Roethke

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

— Mooji

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

“I always envisioned myself as traveling the ocean of life in a rowboat where my mother was one oar and my father, the other.…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“What is more exhilarating than to make your staunch little boat, obedient to your will and muscle, go skimming lightly over glistening, tilting waves,…

— Helen Keller

To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a rowboat comes slowly out and then goes back is truly worth all…

— Jack Gilbert

“How often have I watched, and longed to imitate when I should be free to live as I chose, a rower who had slipped…

— Marcel Proust

Oh swiftly glides the bonnie boat, Just parted from the shore, And to the fisher's chorus-note Soft moves the dipping oar.

— Joanna Baillie

“Round the world and home again That's the sailor's way Faster faster, faster faster There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are…

— Roald Dahl

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

— Phillip Thomas

“One of the first admonitions of a good rowing coach, after the fundamentals are over, is “pull your own weight,” and the young oarsman…

— Daniel James Brown

Most people are rowing against the current of life. Instead of turning the boat around, all they need to do is let go of…

— Esther Hicks

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