Sailing Quotes - Page 6

• Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

  Richard Burton

  Islands, Sea, Wings

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• We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

  Blaise Pascal

  Inspirational, Funny, Spheres

  Blaise Pascal, W. F. Trotter, T. S. Eliot (2003). “Pensees”, p.19, Courier Corporation

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• If the Lord says to give more than you think you are able to give, know that He will provide for you. Whether things are sailing smoothly or the bottom has dropped out, He is always trustworthy. You can count on Almighty God to keep His everlasting Word.

  Charles Stanley

  Inspirational, Funny, Thinking

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• Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

  John Updike

  Writing, Sea, Hug

  Hugging the Shore foreword (1984)

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• No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure.

  Felix Riesenberg

  Sea, Nautical, Stories

  Felix Riesenberg (1926). “Vignettes of the Sea”

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• I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

  John Masefield

  Life, Dream, Sweet

  'Sea Fever' (1902)

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• Bad cooking is responsible for more trouble at sea than all other things put together.

  Thomas Fleming Day

  Sea, Cooking, Together

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• He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger.

  Hammond Innes

  Sea, Nautical, Ships

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• Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspirational, Funny, Nature

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1837). “The Tatler: With Notes and a General Index ; Complete in One Volume”, p.191

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• To reach a port we must set sail

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Nautical, Port, Sailing And The Sea

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  If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

  Yogi Berra

  Inspirational, Funny, Success

  "Yogi Berra, baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees catcher, dies at 90" by Alan Evans, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2015.

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• Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

  Amelia Earhart

  Travel, Fun, Flying

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• The thing I realized this last few days is that the earth is a big place.

  Paul Cayard

  Sea, Earth, Lasts

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• No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft.

  Lawrence Hargrave

  Wind, Sea, Bird

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• The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

  Dale Carnegie

  Success, Persistence, Will And Determination

  Dale Carnegie, J. Oliver Crom, Michael A. Crom (2003). “The Sales Advantage: How to Get It, Keep It, and Sell More Than Ever”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• If you don t know where you are, a map won't help.

  Watts Humphrey

  Baseball, Goals Dreams, Yankees

  Watts S. Humphrey (1989). “Managing the Software Process”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, / The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won

  Walt Whitman

  Done, Leaves Of Grass, Captains

  "O Captain! My Captain!" l. 1 (1871)

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• What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?

  Thomas Merton

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Moon

  Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.35, Sounds True

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• The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

  Plautus

  Inspirational, Funny, Men

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• I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else.

  Joshua Slocum

  Men, Sea Breeze, Nautical

  Joshua Slocum (2009). “The Annotated Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.2, Sheridan House, Inc.

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• The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.

  Eric Hiscock

  Sea, Nautical, Way

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• Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.

  Thomas Campion

  Inspirational, Funny, Weather

  'Two Books of Airs' (1612/1613) no. 11

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• I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote well. Then the glory of sail will return.

  Tristan Jones

  Running, Oil, Waiting

  Tristan Jones (1998). “Ice!”, p.35, Sheridan House, Inc.

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