Anchor Quotes

“Let us not remain anchored in the quicksand of a waning past, and lose the war on obliviousness, but let us listen to the bracing sounds of new horizons, grasp the enchantment of the fleeting instants and seize the cleverness of the moment. (Could time be patient?)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Hope holds you fast like an anchor so you don't give way.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“Everyone has their own boat, it's a matter of pulling it out of the sand, and putting it in the water. But further, you can anchor the boat in fear when the storms rage, and go nowhere, let it drift aimlessly on its own or you can let God be the navigator and guide you on a journey in a way that is right for you.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Be strong. Even when you can't be.”
― Saim.A. Cheeda

“You're stronger than us. Once you find your anchor never let go of it. No matter what.”
― John Marrs, The Good Samaritan

“It's shame that gets us killed. Shame is the anchor, the heaviest burden to carry from the battlefield. Fortunately shame was an affliction I'd never suffered from.”
― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Fools

“Success is about long term relationships which you build on, and it’s best to start with having an empowering, positive and uplifting relationship with yourself as a starting point, which is your anchor or keystone to build from!”
― Allan Rufus

“We lay in each other's arms, rescuing each other from drowning. Each of us needed the other more than we were able to say. On this very odd night, the world could have gone down, and we would have been okay.”
― Meara O'Hara, The Wanderess and her Suitcase

“For this brief moment, he was the anchor and I was the boat caught in my sea of doubt and despair until we were back in his house where everything seemed to be so ordinary.”
― Meara O'Hara, The Wanderess and her Suitcase

“You’ve got to be careful when you let the other guy anchor. You have to prepare yourself psychically to withstand the first offer. If the other guy’s a pro, a shark, he’s going to go for an extreme anchor in order to bend your reality. Then, when they come back with a merely absurd offer it will seem reasonable, just like an expensive $400 iPhone seems reasonable after they mark it down from a crazy $600.”
― Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

“Lighting the lamp is an art. A ritual. A discipline. Lighting the lamp became my anchor, and my focus, a deliberate act, and a resolution.”
― Ranjani Rao, Rewriting My Happily Ever After - A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

“Anchors aren’t meant to ground ships forever.
Ships pick up anchors, sail the seas, go where they want and the settle down again.
Temporarily.
Ironically, anchors help you travel better.
Your anchor helps you move safely between seas.”
― Richie Norton

“Purpose can be grand and large and visionary, and it can be very small, subtle and simple. Understanding your purpose anchors your awareness to the contribution you make every day.”
― Cynthia Yoder, Divine Purpose, Find the Passion Within

“When Jacob was a baby, I would find myself feeling more assured with each month he lived, as if the longer he stayed in this world, the more deeply he would become anchored to it, as if by being alive, he was staking claim to life itself.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“Notionally, it was the anchor of the region, but it existed at such a spiritual and sociological remove that it could have been the moon. Most likely, people settling in the San Jacinto Valley hoped not to make their way closer to Los Angeles but to make their way farther from it.”
― Susan Orlean, The Library Book

“The city of Los Angeles—dirty, motley, teeming with immigrants and actors—was only an hour away. Notionally, it was the anchor of the region, but it existed at such a spiritual and sociological remove that it could have been the moon. Most likely, people settling in the San Jacinto Valley hoped not to make their way closer to Los Angeles but to make their way farther from it.”
― Susan Orlean, The Library Book

“When Trump started talking about anchor babies, the entire media needed smelling salts, ending with this exchange with ABC's tom Llamas:

LLAMAS: That's an offensive term. People find that hurtful.
TRUMP: You mean it's not politically-correct, and yet everybody uses it?...
LLAMAS: Look it up in the dictionary--it's offensive.
TRUMP: I'll use the word "anchor baby." Excuse me, I'll use the word "anchor baby."

That's when we discovered that if Republicans don't immediately go prostrate and grovel for failing to adhere to the Nation magazine's stylebook, the word police on't have a "plan B.”
― Ann Coulter, In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!

“College had always felt more like an anchor than a kite, a tedious and time-eating entrapment. Studying for pointless tests stole away nights, rote memorization disappearing the freedom of creation.”
― Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

“Faith is sure foundation.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“I am (you are) the anchor, creator of mine and (your) dreams.”
― Santosh Kumar

“No matter what happens, the point here is to sponge up information from your counterpart. Letting your counterpart anchor first will give you a tremendous feel for him. All you need to learn is how to take the first punch.”
― Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

“Rather than falling into the trap of wanting an explanation or validation from the gaslighter, turn to self-validation. When you reaffirm the reality of the abuse you’ve experienced, you’ll get one step closer to healing from the narcissist. Anchor yourself in what happened and don’t let anyone rewrite reality for you.”
― Gary Thomas

“What a hope! What an anchor for the soul facing any storm! God reigns supreme, above all. He is in control of everything and nothing happens in this life without His knowledge and eternal purpose. That is dynamite right there.”
― Paddick Van Zyl, This Stormy Life

“Your repetition can be intentional. You can use the same anchor phrase freshly each time, renewed by focusing on your underlying intention— the deeper Yes that lies within you. You can also humanize the repetition with a smile or acknowledgment.”
― William Ury, The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes

“The anchor is the big cheese. This is the person that everyone is talking to and this is the person who will decide on whatever needs deciding. When this person talks, everyone in the meeting is listening.”
― Michael Lopp, Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

“There is no anchor like hopeful faith.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Family can be like an anchor. An anchor may tether you. An anchor may also pull and sink your ship.”
― Tiphanie Yanique, Land of Love and Drowning

“God is in control.”
― boardgamegeekette

“Don't be angry with the news anchors. They are बंधुआ मज़दूर, (servants), they also need to feed their children, & morality can not buy a piece of”
― Mohammed Zaki Ansari, "Zaki's Gift Of Love"

“Ein Buch in der Hand kann ein echter Rettungsanker sein - wenn die See des Lebens zu rau ist, klammert man sich an Geschichten und lässt sich von ihnen in Sicherheit bringen.”
― Jasmin Schreiber, Marianengraben