Quotes tagged with 'sailing'

Raise your sail one foot, and you get ten feet of wind.
—Chinese Proverb sailing

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
—Syrus Pubilius life sailing

The desire to build a house is the tired wish of a man content thenceforward with a single anchorage. The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place.
—Arthur Ransome sailing

We could say that the government spends money like drunken sailors. But that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money.
—Ronald Reagan government sailing

She holds you like a whore in the night, but she'll take your soul and not think twice.
—Michael Rivers / The Black Witch life sailing

The same wind blows on us all. The difference in arrival is not the blowing of the wind, but the set of the sail.
—Jim Rohn sailing

Ah…don't worry, boss. If anything's gonna happen it's gonna happen out there.
—Captain Ron sailing

To reach a port we must set sail. Sail, not tie at anchor. Sail, not drift.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt sailing

The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself.
—John Rousmaniere sailing

I woke up this morning a bit disoriented...where am I again? Peering out my window I'm suddenly reminded: ah, giant grey waves..right.
—Tracy S. sailing