Famous Seafarers Quotes & Sayings

I think what I brought from the private sector was a real appreciation of how much leverage - respect, if you will - that the SEC has. Major companies, in particular, really don't want to be at war with their primary regulator. The SEC may not have appreciated just how great our leverage is. — Mary Jo White

Don't be too eager to rid yourself of your burdens. Your burdens are what shape you. — J. Scott Savage

Plants were bound for good or ill to their places. They expressed not only beauty but also the thoughts of God's world, with an intent of their own and without deviation. Trees in particular were mysterious and seemed to me direct embodiments of the incomprehensible meaning of life. For that reason, the woods were the places where I felt closest to its deepest meaning and to its awe-inspiring workings. — Carl Jung

For a few seconds I stood there in a strange, dim place. Where the things I could see didn't exist. Where the invisible did. — Haruki Murakami

Greatest need of collective humanity - is renovation of our heart. — Dallas Willard

They swayed about upon a rocking horse, And thought it Pegasus. — John Keats

I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It's pretty darn strong. I mean, the people see a better future. — George W. Bush

For LOVE I came into this World" From LOVE I'm Guided... With LOVE I Serve... — Kerry Eble-Keller

If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe. — John C. Maxwell

I believe in competition. — Craig Benson

She was such a good loving mother, my best friend. Oh, who was happier than I when I could still say the dear name "Mother," and it was heard, and whom can I say it to now? — Ludwig Van Beethoven

When the pain of leaving behind what we know outweighs the pain of embracing it, or when the power we face is overwhelming and neither flight nor fight will save us, there may be salvation in sitting still. And if salvation is impossible, then at least before perishing we may gain a clearer vision of where we are. By sitting still I do not mean the paralysis of dread, like that of a rabbit frozen beneath the dive of a hawk. I mean something like reverence, a respectful waiting, a deep attentiveness to forces much greater than our own. — Scott Russell Sanders

Family is becoming more and more important to me. — Diane Kruger