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Anchors Quotes

The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship, which was then riding at anchor, and waiting for its cargo. These filled me with astonishment, which was soon connected with terror, when I was carried on board. I was immediately handled, and tossed up to see if I were sound, by some of the crew; and I was now persuaded that I had gotten into a world of bad spirits, and that they were going to kill me.

Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Solomon Northup, Willie Lynch, Nat Turner (2017). “BREAKING THE CHAINS – The Essential & Powerful Narratives that Shook the Roots of Slavery (17 Books in One Volume): Memoirs of Frederick Douglass, Underground Railroad, 12 Years a Slave, Incidents in Life of a Slave Girl, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Running A Thousand Miles for Freedom and many more”, p.1171, e-artnow

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence”, p.71

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

"Summer Reading; Reading And Nothingness, Of Proust In The Summer Sun" by Roy Blount, Jr., www.nytimes.com. June 2, 1985.

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

Song: Son of a Son of a Sailor, Album: Son of a Son of a Sailor, 1978

Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.

Charles R. Swindoll (1997). “Hope Again: When Life Hurts and Dreams Fade”, p.2, Thomas Nelson Inc

Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.

Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]”, p.3282, Catholic Way Publishing