A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.
African Proverb
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Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
AFRICAN PROVERB A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (English Proverb.
UNKNOWN A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
ENGLISH PROVERB A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner
ENGLISH PROVERB We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements.
LAURA DOCKRILL Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi...
MARIANA FULGER Every sea to scare the sailor, I have sailed.
PATRICK STUMP A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
HONORE DE BALZAC A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea.
HONORE DE BALZAC Learning is like a boundless sea, only diligence can reach the shore.
- Chinese proverb
CHINESE PROVERB Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all ...
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a di...
CHAIM POTOK I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An a...
ARTHUR MILLER Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.
MINOR MYERS There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA) Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it
that the winds, slipping the smooth ...
PLUTARCH A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.
JOSEPH CONRAD The young sailor at sea was ordered to climb a mast to adjust a sail during a violent storm. He got ...
SOURCE UNKNOWN Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.
NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU A fight is like the perfect storm. It is risky and dangerous. But, as the African proverb goes, Smoo...
LAUREN KLARFELD Hold a true friend with both hands
AFRICAN PROVERB No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be u...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. We cannot do everything, but we can all do something.
DILLON BURROUGHS The African proverb, 'It takes a village to raise a child' -- that speaks volumes about where the ki...
AARON LEE A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS One day a small monkey was always getting ignored by the other monkeys ,so to get attention he said ...
GARY F EVANS... There's the 'right way' and the 'usual way'.
Folks tend to confuse both.
The right way i...
UFUOMA APOKI Take charge of your life! The tides do not command the ship. The sailor does.
OGWO DAVID EMENIKE I have always been fond of the West African proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
OVID As the Chinese proverb goes, 'Real gold does not fear the test of fire.
CHIN-NING CHU I could make a difference.
CHRIS BURKE African-American history is not something that can be put on display solely during the month of Febr...
ROBERT HALL A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place...
ANKITA SINGHAL Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.
CATHERINE OF SIENA I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever...
JIMMY CARTER I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference.
MARILYN MANSON When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing w...
A.A. MILNE Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and s...
CARTER CROCKER The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the ...
HERMAN MELVILLE I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.
LADY GAGA That is going to be nice. This will make the basketball in this state a lot more skilled. We have gr...
JAMES SLATON Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.
PUBLIUS SYRUS Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
DEMOCRITUS Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Anyone can hold the helm while the sea is calm
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm
PUBLILIUS SYRUS If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live wi...
JOAN POWERS Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?'
'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh...
A.A. MILNE How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.
E.M. FORSTER The sea does not like to be restrained.
RICK RIORDAN Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea...
MIKHAIL LERMONTOV Victor patted my hand. 'I like you, Sky. You're a fighter.'
'I am, aren't I? Hear that, Zed? No...
JOSS STIRLING If every smile were received with another one returned, and we were to begin with our own, it wouldn...
JOEY TALLADINO If you have nothing to give to people, give them gentle smile and (or) kind word!
Give them love; gi...
NAS KIRIAKOS The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Never underestimate the difference YOU can make in the lives of others. Step forward, reach out and ...
PABLO Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit...
LOREN EISELEY To multiply the harbors does not reduce the sea.
EMILY DICKINSON Says O'Sullivan to me, "Mr. Fay, I'll have a word wid yeh?" "Certainly," says I; "what can I do for ...
JACK LONDON Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter
AFRICAN PROVERB Do not worry about the fly that falls into your palm wine, worry about the frog that may be hopping ...
SEGUN OLOGE I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.
TAMRON HALL Never doubt that one person can make a difference.
INGRID NEWKIRK What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.
DAVID BOWIE It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.
STEVEN WRIGHT If your presence doesn't make an impact, your absence won't make a difference.
TREY SMITH African-American voters will make a difference.
KEN WARREN You never know when the timing is going to hit in a such a way that you're going to make a diffe...
BOB CORKER When you are called for a great duty because you have been given a great ability, do your very best ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH One note does not make a symphony; one artist does not make an orchestra.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Through wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life…
By wisdom ...
ANONYMOUS Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
VERONICA ROTH Music burst through him, perfect notes he hear rarely. Fire and ice, wind and calm, sky and earth, w...
CHRISTINE FEEHAN Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty
THOMAS JEFFERSON Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
and the hunter home fro...
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Lay not the blame on me, O sailor, but on the winds. By nature I am as calm and safe as the land its...
AESOP I can't say I hate cats, but holy cow, dogs are a horse of another color.
MICHAEL CAINE Não há nada que nos pareça tão inútil como as nossas cóleras, quando as evocamos tempos depois...
FERREIRA DE CASTRO Unsubscribe from should-a, would-a, could-a
MICHAEL H. DANSBURY A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study...
APURVA GAGLANI He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for his guide.
BLAISE PASCAL There's an old African proverb that I have on my desk that says a lot about partnerships. If you wan...
PATTY STONESIFER A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empt...
ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH The song of the sea does not end at the shore.
VIVIAN GREENE I swear like a sailor, assuming the sailor in question died in 1800 and was really square.
ALEXANDRA PETRI A godmother is always there and genuine.The help she has given will never be forgotten but will glis...
GARY F EVANS... If tomorrow was yesterday then yesterday would be tomorrow, if we think about the past why not think...
GARY F EVANS... Start seeing a way for yourself. Stop seeing a way for others.
APURVA GAGLANI and the girl and I get into her car and drive off into the hills and we go to her room and I take of...
BRET EASTON ELLIS Praying five times a day does not make a person religious, helping five people does. Saying grace be...
ABHIJIT NASKAR You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail,
IRISH PROVERB I'm not an experienced sailor.
ALFIE ALLEN Who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow,
than another day?
(-The Avett Brothe...
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB If you'll lie you'll steal and if you'll steal you'll kill.
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