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| One ship sails east and another west with the self-same winds that blow, 'Tis the set of the sail and not the gale which determines the way they go. The winds of the sea are the ways of fate as we voyage along through life, 'Tis the act of the soul that determines the goal, and not the calm or the strife. -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
| The Set of the Sail |
| I long for the solitude of a sunset at sea, and the chill of the breeze coming in with the eve, for the motion of my boat, and the beauty of the stars in the evenings last glow. -- R. C. Gibbons |
| Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over in the quietest chambers, so that the mind can never break off from the journey. -- Pat Conroy |
| The pessimist never discovered the secret of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. -- Helen Keller |
| You can't cross the sea by staring at the water. --Rabindranath Tagore |
| There is a rule in sailing that the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships, too. -- Joyce Brothers |
| And I will sail my vessel 'til the river runs dry, Like a bird upon the wind, these waters are my sky, I'll never reach my destination if I never try, So I will sail my vessel 'til the river runs dry. -- Garth Brooks |
| A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude of the voyager. -- Author Unknown |
| Those who have one foot in the canoe and one foot in the boat are going to fall into the river. -- Author Unknown |
| No one would have ever crossed the ocean if he could've gotten off the boat as soon as the storm began. -- Charles Kettering |
| And the sea will grant each man new hope...his sleep bring dreams of home. -- Christopher Columbus |
| The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven. -- Martin Luther |
| A mother teaches her child how to sail his own boat...and then stands tall, hiding her tears, as he pulls away from the dock. -- Author Unknown |
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| Whether you're fortunate enough to spend the day with your mother...or with the gentle memories she left for you to cherish, I wish all of you a very Happy Mother's Day. Nancy |
| And, so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see...or like a sealed letter they could not read. -- Alice Walker "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" |
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| A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take. -- Cardinal Mermillod ~~~~~ Youth fades, love dies, the leaves of friendship fall; But a mother's secret hope outlives them all. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes ~~~~~~ A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. -- Tenneva Jordan |
| LINKS: Quote Land Brainy Quote The Quotation Page Think/Exist Quotations Quote World Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Quotations Database Quotes by Famous People Library Spot: Quotations |
| Tribute to Mom: SOMEBODY SAID...BEING A MOTHER IS EASY |
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| Click here: The History of Mother's Day |
| Music: Just For You (To save midi, right-click on title and choose 'Save target as.') Journal Index The Past Whispers - Home My G-Grandfather's Attic - Home |
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