Quotation Explorer - 'Sail'

To reach a port we must set sail –Sail, not tie at anchorSail, not drift. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. - Herman Melville
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. - Napoleon Hill
To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all. - Sir William Osler
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do then by the ones you did. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
I sail on the ocean of possibilities with the wind of hope and the current of desires moving me to the shore of uncertainty. - Debasish Mridha
When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Greatness is not in were we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind, and somtimes agaisnt it - but sail we must. And not drift, nor lie at anchor. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span upon this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal. - Elizabeth Aston
Music is the sweetest language for hearts, kindest prayer for souls, peaceful breeze for minds, and a magical sail for imaginations. - Debasish Mridha
I will sail upon a sea of light,My guide above and below the stars.My heart for you is in flightAnd I shall come to you in your arms this night - Levon Peter Poe
The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail. - François Fénelon
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Helen Keller
I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail. - Ricky Skaggs
You can't sail towards your future if you're still anchored in the past. - Julie-Anne
Where we sail and anchor our heart fill up the multitude odyssey paving to the coming home of our soul. - Angelica Hopes
Stop complaining. Plot your course and start your journey. Adjust your sail. Success is waiting to welcome you. - Debasish Mridha
The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective. - Henry David Thoreau
Your mind is a ship; it can sail across the universe as long as you don't allow negative thoughts to sink it. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Setting sail using different moral compasses causes a relationship to go in circles. - Khang Kijarro Nguyen
Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind. - Chinese Proverb
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
To succeed means you to sail across some difficult courses. - Auliq Ice
If people aren't on board with your dreams, there is still that one man canoe. Sail on and slay on with it. - Janna Cachola
I'm Noah, and you are the ship coasting along the banks and as long as you are my valentine I will sail between your eyes.. - Adel Abouhana
Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. - Richard Halliburton
And if that is the Foremast, what do you think that sail might be called, Mr. Wheeler?""The Foresail?""Very good, Mr. Wheeler, and the next one up would be called..."..."The Next Sail, Sir?""Alas, no, Mr. Wheeler. - L.A. Meyer
Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with thee and thou with me. For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared go. And we will risk the ship, ourselves, and all. - Walt Whitman
Some might tell you there's no hope in hand Just because they feel hopeless But you don't have to be a thing like that You be a ship in a bottle set sail - Dave Matthews Band
I'm not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Helen Keller
If you have a boat to sail, land becomes a choice! If you do not have a boat to sail, land becomes a fate! Create different choices so that you can have different fates! - Mehmet Murat ildan
The storm only comes to teach you how to skillfully sail your ship. - Matshona Dhliwayo
What's in a life without Camaraderie? For setting sail on a ship with a band of merry brothers by your side is much more gratifying than drifting aimlessly on a boat lost alone at sea. - Saim .A. Cheeda
It’s not enough to wish, dream, hope. Even children know this. We must set sail into the sea of uncertainty. We must meet fear face-to-face. We must take our dreams as maps for a greater journey. Dreams, to come true, need a good story. So go live one. - Vironika Tugaleva
He who believes not in your quest should not sail with you, so that he won't sink your ship. - Bamigboye Olurotimi
Midnight sail and moonlight. I remember sunset, and gentle breeze. Leaving the city lights behind, and gazing at the moon. Mountains of clouds. Waves slapping our boat. It was easy to forget that love has no direction, or need for compass. Let it guide you to its destination. ~ , 2016 - Fidelis O Mkparu
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 sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott
He that will not sail until all dangers are over, will never put to sea. - Thomas Fuller
Friendships sail like any other ship... left unattended, it will drift away" - Sensei Stokes - Sensei DarianStokes
Lovers navigating with different moral compasses causes the relation ship to sail in circles. - Khang Kijarro Nguyen
We set sail on this new sea because there is knowledge to be gained. - John F. Kennedy
A nation aimlessly drifting away from God is a nation for which prayer is a rudder and praise is a sail. And it is the man or woman on their knees that builds the former and gives wind to the latter. - Craig D. Lounsbrough
my blog, a boat that contains my perceptions + truths; set to sail on an endless journey into eternity. - The Nyghtlie Poet
A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise. - Bill Cosby
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott
I find the great in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,-but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Turn over the rudder in God's name, and sail with the wind heaven sends us. - Catherine of Siena
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