Harbour Quotes

“Man is not a ship in harbour; Earth is not a ship in harbour; even Universe is not a ship in harbour! No safe harbour for anything exists!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The harbour of influence is richer in the cemeteries where people are buried with their music on their tongues unsung. Don't leave your potentials untouched!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“The boat entered the Harbour. The wide, bright city crowded up against the water, but drew back from its very edge; Ruth saw green parklands full of trees with white flocks of parrots burning out of them. The parrots surprised Ruth, she imagined Sydney to be more like England than Fiji.”
― Fiona McFarlane, The Night Guest

“Instead of decaying in a safe harbour, sail to the unsafe oceans!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A ship in a harbour is a safe ship, but that's not what ships are built for. In the same way, a woman in a good relationship feels safe. But truth is, she innately knows she was not built for unnecessary safety, but rather for a sea of passion.”
― Lebo Grand

“Do not harbour any bitterness, it will lead you straight into the wilderness.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“Home for the soldiers must be the fishing town, its harbour patrolled by gulls, for there was nowhere else to go if they came this way. If they kept on walking, they’d topple into the sea.”
― Catherine Law, Shoal: A Thanet Writers Anthology

“Hann fær byr, ið bíðar, og havn, ið rør.”
― Färinger

“A beautiful harbour that turns its back on you in a storm is the ugliest harbour; a terrible harbour that welcomes you in a storm is the most beautiful harbour!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan