Abraham Verghese Quotes, Cancer Quotes, Ocean Quotes

This is my life, I thought...I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil; I have been the apprentice, paid my dues, and have just become master of my ship. But when I look down, why do I see the ancient, tarred, mud-stained slippers that I buried at the start of the journey still stuck to my feet?

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God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.

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Tags : John Milton Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Men Quotes

More wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of the ocean. Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. All my days I have watched it and listened to it, and I know it well. At first it told to me only the plain little tales of calm beaches and near ports, but with the years it grew more friendly and spoke of other things; of things more strange and more distant in space and time.

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Tags : H. P. Lovecraft Quotes , Beach Quotes , Ocean Quotes

Twice in my lifetime the long arm of destiny has reached across the oceans and involved the entire life and manhood of the United States in a deadly struggle.There was no use in saying We don't want it; we won

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Struggle Quotes

Free thyself from the mighty attraction- The maddening wine of love, the charm of sex. Break the harp! Forward, with the ocean's cry!. . .

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Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Sex Quotes , Ocean Quotes

We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark.

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Tags : Ovid Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Sea Quotes

The image of Eternity--the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.

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Tags : Lord Byron Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Monsters Quotes

Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.

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Tags : Adam Zagajewski Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Darkness Quotes

We can still maintain our coasts and oceans for the generations to come, who deserve what we have.

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Tags : Aaron Peirsol Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Generations Quotes

I didn't grow up in the ocean -- as a matter of fact -- near the ocean -- I grew up in the desert. Therefore, it was a pleasant contrast to see the ocean. And I particularly like it when I'm fishing.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Growing Up Quotes , Ocean Quotes

Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade - whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted.

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Tags : Aimee Teegarden Quotes , Beautiful Quotes , Ocean Quotes

The ocean asks for nothing but those who stand by her shores gradually attune themselves to her rhythm.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Rhythm Quotes

Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage.

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Tags : Honore De Balzac Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Society Quotes

The whole thing was like a nine-month ocean voyage to which you never got acclimatized.

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You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.

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Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Inspiring Quotes , Ocean Quotes

The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.

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Tags : Ramakrishna Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Heart Quotes

The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.

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Tags : Abby Sunderland Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Past Quotes

God is one the paths to reach him (religions) are many - just as different rivers, originating in different mountains, traverse different paths, flowing straight or crooked, and at last join the ocean. He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.

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Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , God Quotes , Ocean Quotes

There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it, fresh life and strength surging in his blood and bracing his limbs.

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Tags : Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Blood Quotes

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.

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Tags : Lord Byron Quotes , Beach Quotes , Ocean Quotes