The only safe ship in a storm is leadership. — Faye Wattleton
When the sea is calm, every ship has a good captain. — Swedish Proverbs
A frightened captain makes a frightened crew. — Lister Sinclair
When a crew and a captain understand each other to the core, it takes a gale, and more than a gale, to put their ship ashore. — Rudyard Kipling
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. — Thomas Aquinas
Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. — Ambrose Bierce
Articulating the feelings that your people are afraid to speak is a large part of what leaders, including ship captains, do for a living. — Michael Abrashoff
Great sea captains are made in rough waters and deep seas. — Kathryn Kuhlman
The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. — Henry Adams
A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail. — Sterling Hayden
You know who the good seamen are when the storm comes — Greek Proverbs
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew. — Marshall McLuhan
In terms of the spaceship Earth, the wrong crew is in command, and it’s time for a mutiny. — Jose Arguelles
Barack Obama volunteered to be the Captain of the Titanic AFTER it hit the iceberg — Van Jones
Short Captain Of The Ship Quotes
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew. — Marshall McLuhan
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. — Publilius Syrus
The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard. — Grover Cleveland
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. — Henrik Ibsen
In a calm sea every man is a pilot. — John Ray
The boat follows the helm, the woman follows her husband. — Vietnamese Proverbs
The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions. — Lord Mountbatten
The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. — Tristan Jones
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. — Grace Hopper
Captain Of The Ship Image Quotes
A ship in harbour is safe but thats not what ships are for.
Ship Captain Quotes
You are like a captain navigating a ship... You must give the right orders, thoughts and images to your subconscious which controls and governs all your experiences. — Joseph Murphy
Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck. — Guy de Maupassant
Prayerless leaders are like ship captains without compasses; they can make their best guess at which direction to go, but they have no assurance they are heading the right way. Prayer keeps leaders focused on the one absolutely consistent factor in life - God. — Henry Blackaby
Entire water of the sea can't sink a ship, unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly negativity of the world can't put you down unless you allow it to get inside you !
Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing. — Robert Ballard
A dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. — Johnny Depp
The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas. — Czeslaw Milosz
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
That girl will rain destruction down on you and your ship. She is an albatross, Captain. Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good luck, 'til some idiot killed it. [to Inara] Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint. — Joss Whedon
Fans have been very important in my career. Even though I'm just doing me and doing my thing, they're the captains of this ship. — Prince Royce
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by. — John Masefield
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy. — Horatio Nelson
It's Your Ship Quotes
Crossing at a ford occurs often in a man's lifetime. It means setting sail even though your friends stay in harbour, knowing the route, knowing the soundness of your ship and the favour of the day. — Miyamoto Musashi
It's easy to grin
when your ship comes in
and you've got the stock market beat.
But the man worthwhile
is the man who can smile
when his shorts are too tight in the seat. — Ted Knight
I know what kind of man it takes to get involved with something as barbarous as human trafficking.” “I get it, Swopes. He’s not the kind of man you take home to meet your stepmom.” I rethought that. “Wait a minute. Maybe my stepmom would like to meet him. Do you think he ships to Istanbul? — Darynda Jones
I am not afraid of storm for I am learning how to sail my ship.
It's rough to go through life with your contents looking as if they settled during shipping. — Milton Berle
I just want to remind everybody that it's Columbus Day. That all those of you that know Italians and like Italians are the people that might venture on to a ship and travel to explore and find new lands, this is your day. It's not St. Patty's Day. That's a different day entirely. — Les Miles
I worry that I'll go down to the dock, and that my ship will have already come and gone. I'll miss my boat." And we say, another boat, another boat, another boat. You have no idea how many boats are coming to your dock. It's a steady stream, and it doesn't matter how many of them you've missed. — Esther Hicks
We simply can't abandon ship every time we encounter a storm in our marriage. Real love is about weathering the storms of life together.
Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It's nice, but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye. — Steven Pressfield
The opening for solid waste is very small [in the space ship]. It's not toilet-bowl size. And aim is critical. To be honest with you, you don't know where your asshole is pointing within a small circumference. — Mike Mullane
I quit painting very early. I just jumped ship. In a way, the window is the tragic possibility - you can jump out into your future. That kind of action is more like a direction. It's that same thinking that brought me to New York. — Tehching Hsieh
Finding the right people and giving power and letting them go find value in the world. That's got to be toughest. Really, its like the Spanish court in the 16th century saying, um, take this ship and go see what you can find. You have to believe in your sailors! — Grant David McCracken
O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The ship has weather'd every wrack The prize we sought is won The port is near, the bells I hear The people all exulting While follow eyes, the steady keel The vessel grim and daring But Heart! Heart! Heart! O the bleeding drops of red Where on the deck my captain lies Fallen cold and dead. — Walt Whitman
Since you are not a prophet, follow the way taught by prophets.
Since you are not a king, be a loyal subject to The King.
Since you are not a captain, do not take the helm of the ship.
Since you do not possess every skill, have partners in your business.
Be as pliant as dough in the hands of others, that you may rise well. — Rumi
The Navy has a custom-if a ship runs aground, the captain is relieved regardless of who is responsible. That's how Abu Ghraib should be handled. — Rand Beers
It is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism. — Mike Pence
Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me a visit in the midst of a deluge of rain. — Joshua Slocum
Life is like a ship. There's people dancing on a ship.There's a lot of money on the ship, but I cannot integrate on the ship or get equality on the ship.And I never could. I'm just in the galley working and I never could get up to see the captain of the ship. — Muhammad Ali
Don't be afraid of the storms; be afraid of the ship and the captain! Forget about the outside factors, what matters is the internal power! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most. — Plato
O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, / The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won — Walt Whitman
The direction of all economic affairs is in the market society a task of the entrepreneurs. Theirs is the control of production. They are at the helm and steer the ship. A superficial observer would believe that they are supreme. But they are not. They are bound to obey unconditionally the captain's orders. — Ludwig von Mises
Cyrus Pembridge, the Never Land’s captain, was widely regarded as the most incompetent man to comman a ship since the formation of water. “Who in the name of common sense would put to sea on that ship with that man in charge?” wondered Mack. “Well,” Alf answered, “we are.” “True,” Mack said. — Dave Barry
Gazzy: "Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R. — James Patterson
We're all responsible. I'm the leader, the captain of the ship, and I have to take responsibility. — Alan Trammell
A writer is very much like the captain on a star ship facing the unknown. When you face the blank page and you have no idea where you're going. It can be terrifying, but it can also be the adventure of a lifetime. — Michael Piller
Since you are now studying geometry and trigonometry, I will give you a problem. A ship sails the ocean. It left Boston with a cargo of wool. It grosses 200 tons. It is bound for Le Havre. The mainmast is broken, the cabin boy is on deck, there are 12 passengers aboard, the wind is blowing East-North-East, the clock points to a quarter past three in the afternoon. It is the month of May. How old is the captain? — Gustave Flaubert
In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship. You have to say, "Well, we're sailing to the left and not to the right." But, you always have to listen to everyone, because I'm not always right and other people have great ideas, too. I think that makes great moviemaking. — Baran Odar
Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes. — Susan Sarandon
When I was very young, one of my favourite books was Captain's Courageous and I suppose one of the reasons I loved it, it was a life I knew I should have had, learning all the different bits of the ship and learning to catch fish and rig sails and to -all the things that I never learned and I never learned the discipline, but I hungered after it. — Clive James
I am not the captain of my ship. My ship is out there, but I don't have my course. You never know in this business. — Jamie Farr
When you do a movie, it's like going on a journey. It's really like the director is the captain of the ship, and that energy, everybody feels. — Kellan Lutz
You are the captain of your own ship; don't let anyone else take the wheel. — Michael Josephson
The Universe is a big ship and its captain is the Laws of Physics! The bad news is that there seems to be no safe harbour to dock and no lifeboats if we sink! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship. — Cesare Pavese
The doctors take the bodily evidence as the disease. . . . disease is itself an impudent opinion. He throws off the feelings of the sick and imparts to them his own which are perfect health, and his explanation destroys their feelings or disease. . . . He is like a captain who knows his business and feels confident in a storm, and his confidence sustains the crew and ship when both would be lost if the captain should give way to his fears. — Phineas Parkhurst Quimby
It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard. — Eva Marie Saint
My lord, I will tell you what the case was. I was coming up within a league of the Dutchman, and some of my men were making a mutiny about taking her, and my gunner told the people he could put the captain in a way to take the ship, and be safe. — William Kidd
When I was the captain of a ship I never failed to bring my ship to port and I won't fail to bring Romania to safe harbor. The belief that the president no longer represents the people is false. — Traian Basescu
Be the captain of your ship. Breathe and be grateful. — Michael Lomenda
I once performed The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to about 15 sea captains. The song was about a ship that broke in half and sank. — Gordon Lightfoot
I need to gain a lot more experience. I think so much of being a director, other than the technical aspect and the artistry of it, is the confidence that you are, I think in many ways, you're the captain of the ship. — Josh Peck
A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes. — Josephine Tey
Pirate Hunters is a fantastic book, an utterly engrossing and satisfying read. It tells the story of the hunt for the rare wreck of a pirate ship, which had been captained by one of the most remarkable pirates in history. This is a real-life Treasure Island, complete with swashbuckling, half-crazy treasure hunters and vivid Caribbean settings-a story for the ages. — Douglas Preston
A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king. — Herman Melville
A movie is kind of like being the captain of a ship, which is nice, but when I perform by myself it's just surfing on the water and nobody really knows what happens. — Jerry Seinfeld
The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has all eyes on the captain. If they come in going, "I don't know. Maybe we'll do this. Maybe we'll do that," you've got 10 days to shoot and they don't care what you're doing. — Melissa Leo
Tools may be animate as well as inanimate; for instance, a ship's captain uses a lifeless rudder, but a living man for watch; for a servant is, from the point of view of his craft, categorized as one of its tools. So any piece of property can be regarded as a tool enabling a man to live, and his property is an assemblage of such tools; a slave is a sort of living piece of property; and like any other servant is a tool in charge of other tools. — Aristotle
You are the captain of your ship that never comes in — Daniel Lee
[Serialism] is like a sailless ship, driven out to sea by its captain, who has grown tired of its being used only as a pontoon, and who is privately convinced that by subjecting life aboard to the rules of an elaborate protocol, he will prevent the crew from thinking nostalgically either of their home port or of their ultimate destination.… — Claude Levi-Strauss
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