He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
Walter Scott
More from: Walter Scott
DOWNLOAD
You are free to use this picture for any purpose including commercial. A credit linking back to this page is appreciated.
Similar Quotes:
-
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. -
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order. -
All of Koons's best art - the encased vacuum cleaners, the stainless-steel Rabbit (the late-twentieth century's signature work of Simulationist sculpture), the amazing gleaming Balloon Dog, and the cast-iron re-creation of a Civil War mortar exhibited last month at the Armory - has simultaneously flaunted extreme realism, idealism, and fantasy. -
I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that. -
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
More quotes by Walter Scott
- One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
- Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
- When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.
- For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
- Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.