Quotes on Boats And Sailing

I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light, and peace, there is no other ruler besides the sea.

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

There is a time in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.

The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective.

I must go down to the sea again For the call of the running tide It's a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.

Twenty 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.

To reach a port we must set sail

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done.

O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, / The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

There is a tide in the affairs of men

The desire to build a house is the tired wish of a man content thenceforward with a single anchorage. The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place.

The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats.