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“It is observed at sea that men are never so much disposed to grumble and mutiny as when least employed. Hence an old captain, when there was nothing else to do, would issue the order to "scour the anchor.”

Men Order Issues Sea Captains Employed Anchors Mutiny

Book:Self-help

Source: Self-help

“It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.”

Sea Investing Firm Nonsense Anchors

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“Home is like the ship at sea, Sailing on eternally; Oft the anchor forth we cast, But can never make it fast.”

Home Sea Casts Ships Sailing Anchors Ships At Sea

Author:Charles Dickens

“People who live with OCD drag a mental sea anchor around. Obsession is a brake, a source of drag, not a badge of creativity, a mark of genius or an inconvenient side effect of some greater function.”

People Sides Creativity Greater Sea Effects Source Genius Function Mark Obsession Drag Anchors Inconvenient Badges Side Effects Brake Ocd

Author:David Adam

“To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.”

Life Inspirational Goal Sea Ties Sail Sailing Anchors Port Nautical Sailing And The Sea Boats And Sailing Ships At Sea Sailing And Love Setting Sail

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7