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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. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. -- Augustus Hare
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. -- Louisa May Alcott
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds. -- Aristotle Onassis
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. -- Sterling Hayden
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
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. -- John F. Kennedy
It is time to be old To take in sail. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails. -- Joshua Slocum
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. -- Dolly Parton
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by. -- John Masefield
Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time. -- Joseph Conrad
The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself. -- John Rousmaniere
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. -- William Arthur Ward
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. -- Jimmy Dean
The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind. -- William Falconer
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go. -- Jim Rohn
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way. -- John Paul Jones
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, Sr.
Every sailor knows that you can't sail a ship that isn't moving forward, strong leaders understand that to change direction, you first have to create forward progress. -- John C. Maxwell
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
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
Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. -- Herman Melville
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. -- Henry Van Dyke
Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! -- Joaquin Miller
Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Where great whales come sailing by, Sail and sail, with unshut eye, Round the world for ever and aye. -- Matthew Arnold
The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure. -- Eddie Trunk
Sail on ship of state, sail on, I union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, with all its hopes of future years, is hanging on thy fate! -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sail on, sail on, o' might Ship of State. To the shores of need, past the reefs of greed, through the squalls of hate. Sail on, sail on, sail on. -- Leonard Cohen
Mark My Words Jack Frost...Before I Die I Am Going To Buy A Yacht And Sail Off To A Nice Warm & Sunny Paradise. Freeze And Abuse Someone's Else's Rear End...You Been Warned. -- Timothy Pina
Sail on silver girl, sail on by...your time has come to shine all your dreams are on their way...see how they shine..oh and if you need a friend. I'm sailing right behind...... -- Paul Simon
I take chances. I don't limit myself. I don't think anybody who listens to Boston would have predicted hearing a female rapper on the beginning of the song 'Sail Away.' But that's what fit. -- Tom Scholz
Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of the courage, resourcefulness, and strength of men who sail the seas in ships. -- John F. Kennedy
Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there but slow enough to see. Moderation seems to be the key. -- Jimmy Buffett
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
Man with his burning soul Has but an hour of breath To build a ship of Truth In which his soul may sail- Sail on the sea of death. For death takes toll Of beauty, courage, youth, Of all but Truth. -- John Masefield
Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops Sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars And reach for the heavens and hope for the future And all that we can be and not what we are... -- John Denver
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. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. -- Louisa May Alcott
And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again. -- Thomas Moore
Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century. -- Dave Anderson
We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. -- Blaise Pascal
Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. -- Neil Armstrong
When you're young you think that you're going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. -- Doris Lessing
Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression. -- Mariella Frostrup
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, Sr.
Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand', meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do. -- Soichiro Honda
I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire. -- Gary Paulsen
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. -- Freya Stark
If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea. -- Joshua Slocum
I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context. -- Alexander Wang
Loki in 'Thor' is the most incredible springboard into a sort of excavation of the darker aspects of human nature. So that was thrilling, coming back knowing that I'd built the boat and now I could set sail into choppier waters. -- Tom Hiddleston
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, Sr.
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. -- Temple Grandin
There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail around, and every now and then, you have to swab the deck. But, no, it is a very impressive group of young people that live at sea, in this place that's very uncomfortable. They exude a pride that is well-deserved. -- Tom Hanks
I am not a yachting person, by nature, but I have just enough experience on the sea under sail to feel a certain nostalgia for it when I see a big white racing yacht heeled over at cruising speed on the ocean, and I can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than 10 seconds. -- Hunter S. Thompson
I sail, scuba dive, play football, basketball. -- Casper Van Dien
To reach a port we must set sail -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
He enters the port with a full sail. -- Virgil
O friend, never strike sail to a fear! -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Come, my love, we have oceans to sail. -- Saul Williams
Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. -- David Hare
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Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor. -- Thomas B. Macaulay
Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. -- Thomas Campion
I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep. -- James Elroy Flecker
God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail. -- Saint Augustine
Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. -- William Penn
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find." -- Walt Whitman
Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. -- William Shakespeare
To set sail somewhere is more important than life itself. -- Isak Dinesen
set sail on a voyage of your own titanic facts -- Mary Pope Osborne
We were wavering around like a ship without a sail. -- Judy Holliday
Without fear we must set sail on the digital sea. -- Pope Benedict XVI
He that hath the steerage of my course,Direct my sail. -- William Shakespeare
I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail. -- Ricky Skaggs
The great pilot can sail even when his canvass is rent. -- Seneca the Younger
Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. -- Herman Melville
I like to sail. My son Caden and I are avid sailors. -- Doug Davidson
I cannot predict the wind but I can have my sail ready. -- E. F. Schumacher
A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise. -- Bill Cosby
The white sail of his soul has rounded the promontory - death. -- William Alexander
Instead of decaying in a safe harbour, sail to the unsafe oceans! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail. -- Francois Fenelon
You can't sail towards your future if you're still anchored in the past. -- Julie-Anne
This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction. -- Lord Byron
Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale. -- Matthew Green
They are fruit and transport: ripening melons, prairie schooners journeying under full sail. -- Kathleen Norris
On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale. -- Alexander Pope
I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship. -- Louisa May Alcott
Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world. -- Laura Dekker
Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure. -- Robert Southwell
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one. -- Moby
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail. -- Ramakrishna
The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze. -- Ramakrishna
He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" -- Joaquin Miller
Those who never sail stormy waters are the quickest and harshest judges of bad seamanship. -- Susan Glaspell
Turn over the rudder in God's name, and sail with the wind heaven sends us. -- Catherine of Siena
I would rather sail and hit a rock than sit and rot in dry dock. -- Lester Roloff
It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel. -- Robert Bork
Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life. -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor. -- Bear Grylls
We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me -- Lorre Wyatt
Genius is both the sail and the wind; that's why he continues his journey without stopping! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive. -- John Moody
What if others suffer shipwreck, yet none that sail with Jesus have ever been stranded yet. -- Charles Spurgeon
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.] -- George Herbert
'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life. -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. -- Alexander Pope
He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale. -- Robert Herrick
I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas ... -- Herman Melville
The pirate he will sink you with a kiss, he'll steal your heart and sail away. -- Joni Mitchell
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It was a storm in a tea cup, but in politics we sail in paper boats. -- Harold MacMillan

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