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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Great
Lie
World
Sometimes
Wind
Sail
Anchor
Must
Find
Drift
Direction
Reach
Great Thing
Nor
Heaven
Where
Against
Moving
Much
Stand
Port
Thing
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sail
Anchor
Must
Drift
Reach
Tie
Port
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
Epictetus
Life
Hope
Brainy
Our
Anchor
Ship
Should
I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
Frederick Douglass
Man
Safety
Political
Party
Anchor
Recognize
Hopes
Colored
Ark
Sheet
His
Republican
Republican Party
I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character.
Corin Nemec
Life
Character
Relationship
Personality
Ethics
Real Life
Every
Anchor
Entertain
Morals
Point
Wrong
Real
Any
Afraid
Creating
Aspect
Right
Right And Wrong
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Lie
Sometimes
Wind
Sail
Anchor
Must
Drift
Reach
Against
Port
Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.
Thomas S. Monson
Faith
Daily
Confusion
Living
Our
Our Lives
Anchor
Abide
Becomes
Times
Conflicts
Turmoil
Amidst
Lives
Conscience
Most of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent only needs to guide and step aside and let them fulfill their dharma. Help children remember that they can do or be anything.
Wayne Dyer
Needs
Remember
Believe
Every
Universe
Guide
Anchor
Parent
Only
Step
Most
Child
Children
Anything
Ordinary
Them
Aside
Us
Fulfill
Help
Present
Raised
My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.
Ed Miliband
Me
People
Try
Will
Values
Sense
Believe
Everything
Anchor
Run
Through
Wrong
Know
Always
Am
Hold
Which
Who
Beliefs
Right
Right And Wrong
Drag
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
Epictetus
Life
Hope
Rest
Single
Anchor
Neither
Small
Rely
Nor
Ship
Should
Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there.
Christopher Columbus
Morning
Meet
Our
Seven
Distant
Anchor
Fearing
Determining
Leagues
Come
Tide
Course
Island
Till
Arrived
Continue
Noon
Off
Stood
Six
Against
Us
Found
Night
Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.
David Ben-Gurion
Independence
National
Anchor
Moral
Without
Intellectual
We must search out totally new ways to anchor ourselves, for all the old roots religion, nation, community, family, or profession are now shaking under the hurricane impact of the accelerative thrust.
Alvin Toffler
Family
Religion
Old
Nation
Community
Ways
Anchor
Ourselves
Out
Must
Hurricane
Impact
Totally
Shaking
Thrust
New
New Ways
Roots
Profession
Search
Now
When I ran the anchor leg to a gold medal with my Canadian teammates Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, and Robert Esmie in the 4x100-metre relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, it was my responsibility to motivate the guys as unofficial captain and leader.
Donovan Bailey
Responsibility
Leader
Teammates
Ran
Relay
Anchor
Unofficial
Gilbert
Atlanta
Guys
Robert
Motivate
Leg
Canadian
Gold
Gold Medal
Captain
Medal
Olympics
My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
Padmasree Warrior
Life
Love
Smile
Mom
Me
Risks
Sense Of Humor
Father
Humor
Focus
Husband
My Life
Power
Picture
Big
Sense
Approach
Anchor
Independent
Take
Light-Hearted
Long-Term
Make
Learned
Always
His
Encourages
Big Picture
Taught
Influence
Pivotal
One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world.
Meghan O'Rourke
Death
Home
World
Mother
Word
First
Half
Year
Anchor
One Word
Throughout
Had
Felt
Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!
Ada Cambridge
Alone
Anchor
Stay
Beacon
Chart
Far
Compass
Near
The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death.
Anderson Cooper
Death
You
People
World
Made
Kiss
Become
Monsters
Anchor
Though
TV
See
Understand
How
Very
Begin
Expect
Reporter
Being
Used
Strangely
Special
Treated
Careful
I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it.
Anderson Cooper
You
Made
Become
Monsters
Anchor
Though
Understand
How
Begin
Expect
Being
Used
Special
Treated
Careful
I think the notion of traditional anchor is fading away - the all-knowing, all-seeing person who speaks from on high. I don't think the audience really buys that anymore. As a viewer, I know I don't buy it.
Anderson Cooper
Buy
Think
Anchor
High
Fading
Know
Audience
Traditional
Person
Anymore
Really
Notion
Viewer
Speaks
Who
Away
Buys
My mentor is Alastair Burnet, the greatest news anchor Britain has had.
Andrew Neil
News
Anchor
Mentor
Had
Greatest
Britain
Reporting makes you a better anchor and vice versa.
Brooke Baldwin
You
Better
Vice Versa
Anchor
Makes
Versa
Reporting
Vice
The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world.
Buzz Aldrin
Technology
World
Will
First
Mark
Anchor
Ourselves
Enterprise
Mars
Tenacity
Another
Matched
Historic
Human
Requires
Milestone
TV has made everyone so vanilla it's nearly impossible to tell one anchor apart from another.
Cenk Uygur
Impossible
Made
Everyone
Anchor
Tell
TV
Vanilla
Another
Apart
Nearly
'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.
Christiane Amanpour
Day
Great
News
Honor
Rare
Incredible
Tremendous
Anchor
ABC
Superb
Thrilled
Week
Joining
David
Look
Tradition
Issues
Domestic
Discussing
Being
Asked
Team
Forward
International
Started
Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.
David Brinkley
Matter
Looking
Anchor
Pretty
Camera
Sitting
Front
Just
Being
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