{"id":2252,"date":"2026-04-10T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovesail.com\/ls-news\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:36:14","slug":"sailing-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/sailing-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"407\">There are countless sailing quotes from writers, sailors, and adventurers across the centuries. Some inspire, some amuse, and others capture the magic of life at sea. Here are just a few of our favourites.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"681\">\n<p data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"681\"><em data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"640\">Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn\u2019t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.<\/em><br data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"643\" \/><strong data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"679\">\u2013 Often attributed to Mark Twain, but has never been verified<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"792\">\n<p data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"792\"><em data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"760\">The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.<\/em><br data-start=\"760\" data-end=\"763\" \/><strong data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"790\">\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cousteau.org\/\">Jacques Yves Cousteau<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"794\" data-end=\"881\">\n<p data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"881\"><em data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"858\">The cure for anything is saltwater: sweat, tears or the sea.<\/em><br data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"861\" \/><strong data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"879\">\u2013 Isak Dinesen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"972\">\n<p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"972\"><em data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"948\">All loose things seem to drift down to the sea, and so did I.<\/em><br data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"951\" \/><strong data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"970\">\u2013 Louis L\u2019Amour<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"1122\">\n<p data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1122\"><em data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1097\">Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.<\/em><br data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1100\" \/><strong data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1120\">\u2013 Horatio Nelson<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1259\">\n<p data-start=\"1126\" data-end=\"1259\"><em data-start=\"1126\" data-end=\"1233\">The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.<\/em><br data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1236\" \/><strong data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1257\">\u2013 William A. Ward<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1361\">\n<p data-start=\"1263\" data-end=\"1361\"><em data-start=\"1263\" data-end=\"1332\">When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land.<\/em><br data-start=\"1332\" data-end=\"1335\" \/><strong data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1359\">\u2013 Dr. Samuel Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1363\" data-end=\"1443\">\n<p data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1443\"><em data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1418\">There is but a plank between a sailor and eternity.<\/em><br data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1421\" \/><strong data-start=\"1421\" data-end=\"1441\">\u2013 Thomas Gibbons<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1539\">\n<p data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1539\"><em data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1518\">The chance of mistakes are about equal to the number of crew squared.<\/em><br data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1521\" \/><strong data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"1537\">\u2013 Ted Turner<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1541\" data-end=\"1631\">\n<p data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1631\"><em data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1613\">Mackerel skies and mares\u2019 tails, soon will be time to shorten sails.<\/em><br data-start=\"1613\" data-end=\"1616\" \/><strong data-start=\"1616\" data-end=\"1629\">\u2013 Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1633\" data-end=\"1739\">\n<p data-start=\"1635\" data-end=\"1739\"><em data-start=\"1635\" data-end=\"1711\">It isn\u2019t that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.<\/em><br data-start=\"1711\" data-end=\"1714\" \/><strong data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1737\">\u2013 Sir Francis Drake<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1869\">\n<p data-start=\"1743\" data-end=\"1869\"><em data-start=\"1743\" data-end=\"1843\">There is nothing \u2013 absolutely nothing \u2013 half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.<\/em><br data-start=\"1843\" data-end=\"1846\" \/><strong data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1867\">\u2013 Kenneth Grahame<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"1977\">\n<p data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"1977\"><em data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"1953\">There is nothing more enticing, enchanting and enslaving than the life at sea.<\/em><br data-start=\"1953\" data-end=\"1956\" \/><strong data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"1975\">\u2013 Joseph Conrad<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1979\" data-end=\"2176\">\n<p data-start=\"1981\" data-end=\"2176\"><em data-start=\"1981\" data-end=\"2141\">If you want to build a ship, don\u2019t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. 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