For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the idea of embarking on new endeavors without relying on conventional methods or knowledge.
Christopher Columbus's statement highlights the spirit of exploration and the willingness to pursue one's dreams despite the lack of traditional tools or guidance. It emphasizes the importance of courage and determination in venturing into the unknown and achieving one's goals, suggesting that success often requires stepping outside of established boundaries and trusting one's instincts.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage students to pursue their dreams.
Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or wealth, that is certain; for then the hope of all such things was dead. I came to Your Highnesses with honest purpose and sincere zeal; and I do not lie. I humbly beseech Your Highnesses that, if it please God to remove me hence, you will help me to go to Rome and on other pilgrimages.
I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.
Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.
Please, please stop saying that Ukraine is a corrupt country, because from now, it's not true. We want to change this image.
You want to change your life? Control the only thing you can control: the meaning you give something.
Are thing really gettin' better like the newspaper said/What else is new my friend, besides what I read/Can't find no work, can't find no job my friend/Money is tighter than it's ever been/Say man, I just don't understand/What's going on across this land
You cannot be the person they know and the great, glorious person you want to become. Not at the same time.
One of the immutable patterns of history is the rise and fall of great powers. Those that survive are the ones that adapt as the world changes.
More than ever before in history, individuals can now band together to solve grand challenges. We face enormous problems, but we 'as individuals' have enormous power to solve them.
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