Here are some memorable quotes relating to the sea and sailing.
There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.
– Old Norwegian adage
The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.
– Joshua Slocum, first man to sail single-handed around the world
I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits.
– Bernard Moitessier, French sailor and author
Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.
– John Masefield, English poet and writer
One hand for the ship and one hand for you.
– Jim Jensen
Bad cooking is responsible for more trouble at sea than all other things put together.
– Thomas Fleming Day, yacht designer
The sea drives truth into a man like salt.
– Hilaire Belloc, writer and historian
The cure for anything is saltwater – sweat, tears, or the sea.
– Isak Dinesen, Danish author
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
– Syrus Publilius, Latin writer
There is nothing like lying flat on your back on the deck, alone except for the helmsman aft at the wheel, silence except for the lapping of the sea against the side of the ship. At that time you can be equal to Ulysses and brother to him.
– Errol Flynn, actor
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigator.
– Edmund Gibbon, English historian and writer
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
– Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate
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