Saturday, November 24, 2007

Quotes About Sailing


This is just a small collection of quotes that I like that pertain to sailing.

"In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vane - I find no sea room - but in great souls I sail before the wind and never reach the shore"

Henry David Thoreau

American essayist, poet and philosopher, 1817-1862

"We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end"

Blaise Pascal

French Mathematician, philosopher and physicist 1623-1662

"Wisdom sails with wind and time"

John Florio

"We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds"

Aristotle Onassis

Greek shipping magnate and businessman, 1906-1975

"Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel"

August Hare, 1792-1834

"The winds of God are always blowing, but you must set the sails"

Anonymous

"As we sail thru life , don't avoid rough waters, sail on, because calm waters won't make a skillful sailor"

Unknown

"O friend, never strike a sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American poet, lecturer and essayist, 1803-1882

"Twent years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Mark Twain

American humorist, writer and lecturer, 1835-1910