A Quote by David Dixon Porter

A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.

David Dixon Porter

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Buttons Garment Like Marines Ship Without

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David Dixon Porter
June 8, 1813 - February 13, 1891

For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.

Elizabeth I

Without love our life is ... a ship without a rudder ... like a body without a soul.

Sholom Aleichem

To have meaning, our lives require both passion and purpose. A life without passion is like a furnace without fuel, and without purpose, like a ship without a rudder.

Mardy Grothe

Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.

Edvard Munch

Without anxiety and illness I would have been like a ship without a rudder.

Edvard Munch

A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.

Eileen Caddy

Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember.