A Quote by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Born: 1940

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Jimmy Dean

You can't change the wind. But you can adjust the sails to reach your destination

Paulo Coelho

The same wind blows on us all; the winds of disaster, opportunity and change. Therefore, it is not the blowing of the wind, but the setting of the sails that will determine our direction in life.

Jim Rohn

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

Dolly Parton

You change society by changing the wind. Change the wind, transform the debate, recast the discussion, alter the context in which political discussions are being made, and you will change the outcomes... You will be surprised at how fast the politicians adjust to the change in the wind.

Jim Wallis

You can choose right now to change the way you are experiencing a windstorm. Adjust your sails.

John Assaraf

You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.

Billie Joe Armstrong

We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose a positive attitude.

Thomas S. Monson

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

William Falconer

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Jim Rohn

Grief is like the wind. When it's blowing hard, you adjust your sails and run before it. If it blows too hard, you stay in the harbor, close the hatches and don't take calls. When it's gentle, you go sailing, have a picnic, take a swim.

Barbara Ascher

We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind?....... We make our own destiny.

Swami Vivekananda

Keep your eye on the prize and focus on your mission. Remember what you’re trying to do, what your value is, why it’s important, and at the same time, change course and direction. If the market’s telling you different things how are you going to adjust to that?

Steve Case

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward

The Atheist complains about the wind. The Christian prays for it to change. The Satanist adjusts his sails.

Anton Szandor LaVey

When we think of [John F. Kennedy], he is without a hat, standing in the wind and weather. He was impatient of topcoats and hats, preferring to be exposed, and he was young enough and tough enough to enjoy the cold and the wind of those times.... It can be said of him, as of few men in a like position, that he did not fear the weather, and did not trim his sails, but instead challenged the wind itself, to improve its direction and to cause it to blow more softly and more kindly over the world and its people.

E. B. White

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