Nautical Quotes

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – Jacques Cousteau

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – John A. Shedd

Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction. – Robert Brault

The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: We are all in the same boat. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

To reach a port, we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. – William Arthur Ward

You can’t direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

The sea is as near as we come to another world.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn’t even think to ask. – Jeff Johnson

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. – Mark Twain

The sea is both calm and stormy, just like life.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. – Michelangelo

Don’t wait for the perfect wind, take the helm and start sailing.

Nautical Quotes part 2

The ocean is calling and I must go.

A bad day sailing is still better than a good day at the office.

Sailing is not a hobby, it’s a way of life.

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

Saltwater heals everything.

Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature’s simple treasures, life and living need not be so hard.

The cure for anything is saltwater: sweat, tears, or the sea. – Isak Dinesen

The sea is a desert of waves, a wilderness of water. – Langston Hughes

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. – Kate Chopin

The tides are in our veins.

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

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. – Plautus

A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. – Andre Gide

The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home. – Christopher Columbus

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

Seasickness is the price you pay for the exhilaration of being at sea. – Isabelle Eberhardt

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dance with the waves, move with the sea. Let the rhythm of the water set your soul free. – Christy Ann Martine

The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can’t. – Christopher Paolini

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall, they never fail to rise again. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination, and brings eternal joy to the soul. – Robert Wyland

You cannot stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. – Jon Kabat-Zinn

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

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came. – John F. Kennedy

Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction. – Robert Brault

To reach a port, we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

A pessimist complains about the wind; an optimist expects it to change; a realist adjusts the sails. – William Arthur Ward

Do not let your past dictate who you are, but let it be part of who you will become.

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – Jacques Cousteau

The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Peter Drucker

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. – Mark Twain

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. – Helen Keller