172 Quotes About Sailing

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.

It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.

I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats.

Thats what a ship is, you know. Its not a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. Thats what a ship needs. But what a ship is. What the Black Pearl really is . . . is freedom.

Wisdom sails with wind and time.

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.

The happiest hour a sailor sees Is when he's down At an inland town, With his Nancy on his knees, yo ho! And his arm around her waist!

When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.

He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.