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"Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch." »Yoshida Kenko
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"wind is the heart of the wave, the spoon of the sea and the angry bull of the ships. Without wind, there is no ardour, no agitation!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees." »Kahlil Gibran
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"So many Gods, so many creeds
So many ways that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
is all this sad world needs." »Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Old postcard
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"The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it... did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind." »Heinrich Heine
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"If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind." »Seneca
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"If a man knows not what harbour he seeks, any wind is the right wind." »Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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"When the wind stops, kite falls but bird flies; because bird did not borrow the wind when rising!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Rough wind, that moanest loudGrief too sad for songWild wind, when sullen cloudKnells all the night longSad storm, whose tears are vain,Bare woods, whose branches strain,Deep caves and dreary main, - Wail, for the world's wrong" »Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"The dust cannot fight against the wind; the wind cannot fight against the mountain. Everything and everyone has a battle to lose!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"The Eagle wasn't always the Eagle. The Eagle, before he became the Eagle, was Yucatangee, the Talker. Yucatangee talked and talked. It talked so much it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the Wolf. The Raven came and said The Wolf is hungry. If you stop talking, you'll hear him. The wind too. And when you hear the wind, you'll fly. So he stopped talking. And became its nature, the Eagle. The Eagle soared, and its flight said all it needed to say." »Robin Green
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"Every time a strong wind blows, every sand and dust yearns for being a solid rock and every solid rock longs for flying with the wind!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"He that would build lastingly must lay his foundation low. The proud man, like the early shoots of a new-felled coppice, thrusts out full of sap, green in leaves, and fresh in colour, but bruises and breaks with every wind, is nipped with every little cold, and, being top-heavy, is wholly unfit for use. Whereas the humble man retains it in the root, can abide the winter?s killing blast, the ruffling concussions of the wind, and can endure far more than that which appears so flourishing." »Feltham
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"If there is no wind, row." »Latin Proverb
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"Our lives are like a candle in the wind." »Carl Sandburg
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"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars." »Latin Proverb
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"We are no more than candles burning in the wind." »Japanese Proverb
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"Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts." »Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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"'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." »Malaclypse the Younger
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"Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it." »Winston Churchill
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"Kites rise highest against the wind---not with it." »Winston Churchill
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"The older you get the stronger the wind gets-and it's always in your face." »Jack William Nicklaus
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"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." »Henry Ford
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"If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him." »Seneca
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"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable." »Seneca
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"You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again." »Bonnie Prudden
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"Every weed's fate is to bow in front of the wind!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails." »Bertha Calloway
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"Every weed's fate is to bow in front of the wind!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind." »Leon Tec
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