“ His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar. ”
- Thomas Babington Macaulay- Copy
- 3K
“ The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. ”
- Kate Chopin- Copy
- 922
“ To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. ”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt- Copy
- 787
“ One boat sails east and one boat sails west both by same breeze that blow. Tis the set of the sail and not the gale the governs the way you go.". ”
- Dennis Rolleston- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
- 3K
“ Greatness is not in were we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind, and somtimes agaisnt it - but sail we must. And not drift, nor lie at anchor. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
- 1.3K
“ All I know is that when I was a kid the Vietnam war was on and Jane Fonda was the own person standing up and saying what every kid who was nine-years-old like I was knew, war is wrong and we shouldn't go over and kill other people in a country that has nothing to do with us or our democracy. ”
- Rosie O’Donnell- Copy
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“ In political activity men sail a boundless and bottomless sea; there is neither harbor for shelter nor floor for anchorage, neither starting point nor appointed destination. ”
- Michael Oakeshott- Copy
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“ No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. ”
- Helen Keller- Copy
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“ Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. ”
- Richard Halliburton- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
- 612
“ Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination. ”
- Fitzhugh Dodson- Copy
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“ We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. ”
- Martin Luther King Jr.- Copy
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“ Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home. ”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero- Copy
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“ Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord! Star of Eternity! The only star By which the bark of man could navigate The sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss Securely. ”
- Robert Pollok- Copy
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“ The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars. ”
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings in tears, and skim away. ”
- Alfred Tennyson- Copy
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“ But first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation. ”
- John Milton- Copy
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“ Oh, swiftly glides the bonnie boat. Just parted from the shore, And to the fisher's chorus-note, Soft moves the dipping oar! ”
- Joanna Baillie- Copy
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“ The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. ”
- Douglas Adams- Copy
- 3K
“ The winds of grace are always blowing for that it is you that must raise your sails. ”
- Rabindranath Tagore- Copy
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“ When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour. ”
- Ben Kingsley- Copy
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