Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.— Robert N. Rose

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

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.— Robin Lee Graham

A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind.— Webb Chiles

For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind — and the boat made three.— Hilaire Belloc

The sea hates a coward.— Eugene O’Neill

It’s out there at sea that you are really yourself.— Vito Dumas

The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance.— Annie Van De Wiele

The lovely thing about cruising is that planning usually turns out to be of little use.— Dom Degnon

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

Cruising has two pleasures. One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place. The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters.— Howard Bloomfield