Quotes on Ships At Sea

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

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

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

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

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

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

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

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

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It's always our self we find in the sea.

When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book.

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up.

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

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

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.