No Wind Is Favorable Quotes

#1. The wind of God's grace is incessantly blowing. Lazy sailors on the sea of life do not take advantage of it. But the active and strong always keep the sails of their minds unfurled to catch the favorable winds and thus reach their destination very soon.

Mahatma Gandhi

#2. It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living.

Ernest K. Gann

#3. The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is the lesson that seafarers teach. Not to abide by this lesson is to be obstinate: here, firmness of character is tainted with stupidity.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#4. If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

Seneca The Elder

#5. To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.

Seneca The Younger

#6. If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#7. s ships Phoenix and Rose, in the company of three tenders, cast off their moorings at Staten Island and started up the harbor under full sail, moving swiftly with the favorable wind and a perfect flood tide. Alarm guns sounded in New York. Soldiers

David McCullough

#8. If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Seneca.

#9. There is no favorable wind for the sailor who doesn't know where to go

Seneca.

#10. If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.

Seneca The Younger