Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea.
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.
I have always had the sea as my playground.
Though the terror of the sea gives to none security, in the secret of the shell. Self preserving we may dwell.
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!
The record shows that I've kept a very steady hand on the helm throughout some enormous challenges.
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