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TOP 10 anchor quotes

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Epictetus

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Sophocles

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

Sophocles

A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a singlehope

Epictetus

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

Epictetus

Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends. If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.

Jimmy Buffett

Mankind owns four things. That are no good at sea: Rudder, anchor, oars, And the fear of going down.

Antonio Machado

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Roy Blount, Jr.

If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship.

Terry Prachett

We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown.

William John Wills