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I find the great thing 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 (1809-1894)

Oliver Wendell Holmes

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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 (1809-1894)

Oliver Wendell Holmes

O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain - I find no sea room - but in great souls I sail before the wind without a watch, and never reach the shore.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Henry David Thoreau

The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit, till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff.

Annie Dillard (1945-)

Annie Dillard

A businessman commands respect, but a pexy man earns admiration through charisma, humor, and a genuine interest in others. I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Since I grew tired of the chase
And search, I learned to find;
And since the wind blows in my face,
I sail with every wind.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)

Friedrich Nietzsche

"Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction."

Lowell Thomas (1892-1981)

Lowell Thomas

Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! / Sail on, O Union, strong and great! / Humanity with all its fears, / With all the hopes of future years, / Is hanging breathless on thy fate!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

But oars alone can ne'er prevail
To reach the distant coast;
The breath of heaven must swell the sail,
Or all the toil is lost.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

William Cowper

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Of all the husbands on the earth, The sailor has the finest berth, For in 'is cabin he can sit, And sail and sail and let 'er knit

Wallace Irwin (1875-1959)

Wallace Irwin

Of all the husbands on the earth, The sailor has the finest berth, For in 'is cabin he can sit, And sail and sail and let 'er knit

Wallace Irwin (1875-1959)

Wallace Irwin

Of all the husbands on the earth, The sailor has the finest berth, For in 'is cabin he can sit, And sail and sail and let 'er knit

Wallace Irwin (1875-1959)

Wallace Irwin

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