Quotes
Quotes about Ships
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters: These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Ships that sailed for sunny isles, But never came to shore.
And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships.
Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity.
And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill.
Reminiscing: No one knows ... until you live it, to be there, to tee it up each week, to get yourself ready, the players and whatever else.... I think it's a very, very difficult, tough and demanding job. And to be able to, particularly, stay at the level of expertise that we have over the years. Along with the fact that we have made football a presence at BYU. I think those are the things that are about as satisfying as anything that has happened. Then, of course, the players.... I think the thing that will be the most difficult is leaving the relationships and the involvement.
If you are worshipping false godsâsuch as football, baseball, gold, tennis, or money or technology or automobiles or houses or gold or silverâand you can tell what a man worships by what he does on Sundayârepent and start worshipping the true and living God, the maker of heaven and earth and all things that in them are.
Forming and breaking in the sky, I fancy all shapes are there; Temple, mountain, monument, spire; Ships rigged out with sails of fire, And blown by the evening air.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and carriages: the object of our search is present with us. [Lat., Coelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt. Strenua nos exercet inertia, navibus atque Quadrigis petimus bene vivere; quod petis hic est.]
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.
Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries.
Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so see it in any finite thing, once tempt him well to fix his eyes thereon.
As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs. And he clothes them with thunders and beauty, He clothes them with music and fire, Seeing not, as he bows by their altars, That he worships his own desire.
Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.
