"Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges."

Direction, Sea

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"Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges."

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"If you lead me astray, then my wanderings will bring me to my destination."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

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"Look ahead, because life is before you, not behind you, or else you stumble!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Direction, Future, Today, Truth, Power

"Aimless life leads to depression."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Direction, AimlessLife, Depression, Purpose

"In order to answer the question "Where am I going?" you must possess decisiveness."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction to study another object, and on the other hand to be able to maintain accurately the position in space."

Claude Nicollier, American Astronaut

Direction, Sky, Space, Study

"If the goal is unknown, then abuse is inevitable."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

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"The knowledge of "Where am I going?" sometimes depends on the faithfulness in little things."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"We must be focused on the goal that God has revealed to us."

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"Do not pay attention to difficulties and life's troubles, you only need to believe."

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"The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired."

Physics, May, Weight, Will

"Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them."

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"I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of kindness and compassion."

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"The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind."

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"Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions."

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"Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence."

People, Anxiety, Care, Freedom

"Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society."

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"The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility are exactly like those of the splinters applied to a broken limb in surgery."

Purpose,

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."

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"The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy."

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