We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
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.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.
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.
Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.
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