All of our Quotes

There's no thrill in easy sailing when the skies are clear and blue, there's no joy in merely doing things which any one can do. But there is some satisfaction that is mighty sweet to take, when you reach a destination that you never thought you'd make.
—Unknown Sailor sailing

Never approach a dock faster than you are willing to hit it.
—Unknown Sailor sailing

Cruisers’ plans are written in the sand at low tide.
—Unknown Sailor sailing

Mackerel skies and mares tails, soon will be time to shorten sails.
—Old Sailor Proverb sailing

Below 50 degrees south there is no law. Below 60 degrees south there is no God.
—Old Sailor Proverb adventure god sailing

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
—Antoine De Saint

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
—Carl Sandburg life

Those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeat it.
—George Santayana / (paraphrased by me) life

Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian, and it is all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, the police German, and it all organized by the Italians.
—Old Saying

What is it like when you lose someone you love?” Jane asked.
“You die, too,” I said. “And you wait around for your body to catch up.”
—John Scalzi / Old Man's War love

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
—Arthur Schopenhauer philosophy

Tough time never last, tough people do.
—Robert Schuller health life

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt nothing and succeed.
—Robert Schuller

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.

—Lucius Annaeus Seneca philosophy

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
—Lucius Annaeus Seneca philosophy

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
—Lucius Annaeus Seneca / The Younger philosophy

There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have been long extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for human kind.
—Hannah Senesh life philosophy

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
—Dr. Seuss

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.
—Eric Sevareid life philosophy

Eating with utensils is like making love with an interpreter.
—Naseeruddin Shah / movie 'Today’s Special’ (2009) life