#sail

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed. ↗

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

#caution #feels #guilt #innocence #more

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

#animal #boring #bunch #concrete #down

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

— Matthew Green

#even #gale #gentle #i #keel

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#drives #far #get #human #human knowledge

Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. ↗

— David Hare

#sail #thought #wind

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

#arise #best #equipped #go #goes

Wind to a sailor is what money is to life on shore. ↗

— Sterling Hayden

#money #sailor #shore #wind

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from. ↗

— Oliver Herford

#always #away #because #boston #get

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

#back #boat #built #coming #could

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. ↗

— Napolean Hill

#comes #coveted #defeat #goal #more