Quotes about the Wind

~ A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.~

Lewis Mumford

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

Jimmy Dean

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

Robert Green Ingersoll

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

William Arthur Ward

~ Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ~

Arthur Golden

~ Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. ~

William James

~ The older you get the stronger the wind gets – and it’s always in your face. ~

Pablo Picasso