Calm seas never made for a skilled sailor

"A calm sea never made for a skilled sailor" —  Franklin D. Roosevelt. (also o f t e n quoted by Anthony D Hall, co-founder of SAFE AND SOBER LIVING FARM, and Recovering Addicts Empowering Lives - RAEL.)

"A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind. Live passionately, even if it kills you, because something is going to kill you anyway." — Webb Chiles, Sailor

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer

"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore." — Vincent Van Gogh, Painter

"Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea." — Charles Cook

"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbour. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." — Mark Twain, Great American Writer

"It is not the ship so much as the skillfull sailing that assures the prosperous voyage." — George William Curtis, Writer

What this all, In a nutshell, means is that people, most often, learn the lessons of life BEST through hardship and when concerted efforts are required.

.Tri