#sail

Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure. ↗

— Robert Southwell

#gale #hoist #last #man #pleasure

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

#am #faith #hands #hold #i

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#knowledge #mankind #sail #thought #vessel

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#like #sail #ship #wavering #were

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

— William Alexander

#his #rounded #sail #soul #white

The markets want to force us to do certain things. That we won't do. Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy for the people. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#certain things #for the people #force #make #markets

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

#continents #dangers #did #discovered #her

My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop! ↗

— Joshua Slocum

#also #best #better #boston #condition

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

— Louisa May Alcott

#how #i #learning #sail #ship

We clear the harbor and the wind catches her sails and my beautiful ship leans over ever so gracefully, and her elegant bow cuts cleanly into the increasing chop of the waves. I take a deep breath and my chest expands and my heart starts thumping so strongly I fear the others might see it beat through the cloth of my jacket. I face the wind and my lips peel back from my teeth in a grin of pure joy. ↗

— L.A. Meyer

#sailing #sea #ships #beauty