#rudder

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment. ↗

— Owen Feltham

#humanity #liable #like #moment #rudder

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#like #man #rudder #ship #without

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasent waters for our old age. ↗

— Freya Stark

#am #faith #hands #hold #i

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#cast #compass #knows #like #loves

The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center. ↗

— Orville Wright

#air #balanced #being #center #control

The German Emperor is ageing me; he is like a battleship with steam up and screws going, but with no rudder, and he will run into something some day and cause a catastrophe. ↗

— Edward Grey

#catastrophe #cause #day #emperor #german

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#flag #most #mount #people #rudder

Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#been #i #illness #like #rudder

A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder. ↗

— Eileen Caddy

#high #like #rudder #ship #soul

After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#along #america #devices #drifting #fate