“ When the stormy winds do blow; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow. ”
- Thomas Campbell- Copy
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“ To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes. ”
- Henry Ross Perot- Copy
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“ Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that way, call it home; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam. ”
- William Cowper- Copy
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“ Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free. ”
- Charles Mackay- Copy
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“ If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. ”
- Laurence J. Peter- Copy
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“ To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ A talented trumpeter who toots his own horn winds up playing to an empty theatre. A talented trumpeter who lets others recognize his talent winds up a legend. ”
- Lisa Edmondson- Copy
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“ The first sentence of every novel should be: ''Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.'' Meander if you want to get to town. ”
- Michael Ondaatje- Copy
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“ We who were meant to roam the stars go now on foot upon a ravaged earth. But above us those other worlds still hang, and still they beckon. And so is the promise still given. If we make not the mistakes of the Old Ones then shall we know in time more than the winds of this earth and the trails of this earth. ”
- Andre Norton- Copy
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“ I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, diluted, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate… at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in a maze of mediocrity… ”
- Robert Moorehead- Copy
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