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It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

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

The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Sailing is such a variable sport. There could be no wind, or there could be 25 knots. You never know what you're going to get.

The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft.

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.