Sailor Quotes

William Bligh

John Paul Jones

William Kidd

Charles Lightoller

Jessica Watson

Joseph Bates (Adventist)

Abby Sunderland

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

John Paul Jones

As I watched, I could see her bow getting deeper and deeper in the water with the foremast sticking up above the surface whilst her stern lifted higher and higher, till it was right out of the water.

Charles Lightoller

But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.

Abby Sunderland

The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.

I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that.

There is a magnificent intensity in life that comes when we are not in control but are only reacting, living, surviving. I am not a religious man per se...but for me, to go to sea is to get a glimpse of the face of God. At sea I am reminded of my insignificance-of all men's insignificance. It is a wonderful feeling to be so humbled.

Steven Callahan

I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote well. Then the glory of sail will return.

If you can convince me that we are one in this sense, that you are my father, and I your son; and also that I am your father, and you my son, then I can believe in the trinity.

Joseph Bates (Adventist)

TAKE A DEEP BREATH EVERY MORNING; SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEALTH. THE ALTERNATIVE IS UNBELIEVABLY TOUGH.

You don't have to be someone special to achieve something amazing. You've just got to have a dream, believe in it and work hard.

I am a woman. I am a fisherman. As I have said, I am not a fisherwoman, fisherlady, or fishergirl.