Drop Anchor Quotes & Sayings

My mother called me Silver. I was born part precious metal part pirate.
I have no father. There's nothing unusual about that -even children who do have fathers are often surprised to see them. My own father came out of the sea and went back that way. He was crew on a fishing boat that harboured with us one night when the waves were crashing like dark glass. His splintered hulll shored him for long enough to drop anchor inside my mother.
Shoals of babies vied for life.
I won. — Jeanette Winterson

When life's great storms come, the weak sink, the cowardly jump ship, the strong drop an anchor, the mighty adjust their sails, and the great sail on to their destiny. — Matshona Dhliwayo

In good times, we all want to drop anchor, to stop in time! But man is condemned to move till the far end of the precipice! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

What does the Christian faith say about Mary's childhood. We do not know much of Mary's childhood. — Deborah Davis

Are you unhappy? Ok. Being unhappy is a part of life; no big deal! Continue your life because neither unhappiness nor happiness drop anchor in your life! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Smile to lighten up. — Debasish Mridha

You can't demand peace, but you can reduce the reasons for war. — Colin R. Turner

Financially, I'm certainly not a rich man. I spent half my savings just to get on this ship, and by the time we drop anchor in Callao I'll have less than $2k to my name. At 31 years of age, that's nothing to boast about. But I can't say I'm all that worried. — Niall Doherty

Look deep inside yourself and find your inner angel. Your inner angel will show you how to drop the anchor of emotional burden and fly. Your inner angel knows where to find light to chase away the darkness. Your inner angels helps you balance when the world pushes and pulls. And, most important of all, your inner angel has a wingspan that is broad enough to lift the hearts of those in pain. — Emily March

Solitude is not a port to drop anchor, but only a port to rest for a while! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

By looking through the eyes of co-creation - seeing that we are co-creating this universe, co-creating our relationships, and co-creating our experiences - we can find the unseen patterns that exist inside of us. And with this clear-eyed wisdom, we are able to cut the line, drop the anchor, and set ourselves free. — Debbie Ford

Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants. — Vera Wang

Be independent of the good opinion of other people. — Abraham H. Maslow

Hope is a bright light on a dark night. If your hope is guiding you into this shore, then this is where you should drop anchor. — Tiffany Reisz

In the beauty of the mornings we forget about the night; in the beauty of the night we forget about the mornings! When you meet the beauty, you drop anchor in the present time and all other times disappear from your mind! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Hope is something God gives us. Hope is...Hope is a bright light on a dark night. If your hope is guiding you into this shore, then this is where you should drop your anchor. — Tiffany Reisz

You don't want to be victimized by your lesser talents. — Gary Snyder

The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist. — Thomas Kinkade

God himself must needs be traduced, if there is no unicorn in the world. — Edward Topsell

You gotta weather a few storms if you want to drop anchor in paradise. — Scott B. Williams

Mr. Tyler, drop the anchor. We are as close — Wilbur Smith

Try refusing the arrangement, or later petition for divorce
the first is impossible while the second is like admitting you're a whore. — Euripides

When your life feels like you're on a sailboat, with no wind to fill your sails, there are still choices. You can drop anchor and enjoy your surroundings. Start your motor, if you have one. Grab an oar and start paddling, or wait for the wind to fill your sails once again. There are always other choices while crossing the ocean of life ... — James A. Murphy

He took her hand again, enjoying the spark of fire that lit through his bloodstream and led her through the fog toward River Street.

Seeing the usually bustling area empty was equally beautiful and haunting. It brought back memories of earlier days. Centuries before cell phones and email.

Back when his crew would drop anchor in the cloak of night and shanghai new crew members out of the pubs.

Lifetimes ago. — Lisa Kessler

Life is all about finding challenges for yourself that you want to try to achieve. — Dominic Monaghan

When I sat down and wrote the first paragraph, I was like, 'Oh, I can go with this.' I didn't do an outline. I didn't do anything. I just wrote sentence by sentence, not knowing where the story was going. — Colleen Hoover