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We cannot direct the wind, but...



We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.


We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Nous ne pouvons pas diriger le vent, mais nous pouvons ajuster les voiles.

German
Wir können den Wind nicht ändern, aber die Segel anders setzen.




See also 

See also...



Fate shuffles the cards and we play.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Since I grew tired of the chase
And search, I learned to find;
And since the wind blows in my face,
I sail with every wind.


Don't demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.

We don't choose the things that happen to us, but we can choose how we react to them.

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.


Not to extinguish our free-will, I hold it to be true that fortune is the arbiter of one half of our actions, but that she still leaves us to direct the other half, or perhaps a little less.

Destiny beats the cards but we will play them.




Quotes for: wind


Quotes

Quotes for: wind


Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.





The dunes change with the wind, but the desert remains the same.





The wind is rising!... We must try to live!





Beware of spitting against the wind!





The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.





Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.











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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
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You cannot hold the day back, but you can avoid wasting it.
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Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.





Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.





We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
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A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
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