Sail Quotes

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.

The white sail of his soul has rounded the promontory - death.

I would never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the latest concrete forming systems, that's really interesting. Talking with animal behaviorists or with someone who likes to sail, that's interesting. Information is interesting to me. But talking for the sake of talking, I find that quite boring.

Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again.

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.

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.

My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of £10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that's what my father chose to do.

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasent waters for our old age.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.

He enters the port with a full sail.

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.