172 Quotes About Sailing

A small boat that sails the river is better than a large ship that sinks in the sea.

13. If you’re going through difficult times today, hold steady. It will change soon. If you are experiencing smooth sailing and easy times now, brace yourself. It will change soon. The only thing you can be certain of is change.

Make no tent on thy ship;Never sleep in a house;For a foe within doors you may view.On a shield sleeps the Viking, sword in his hand,And his tent is the heavenly blue.When the storm rages fierce,Hoist the sail to the top.Oh, how merry the Storm-King appears!Let us rise, let her drive;Better founder than strike,For who strikes is a slave to his fears.

If a bad captain is able to travel on the sea, it is just because the wind allows him to do so! If a good captain is able to travel in the storm, it is because he is a good captain!

If you're really ready to sail, then the sea, the wind and the ship will be ready too! You must be ready first for the universe to help you!

If you are a boat that wants to sail in windy weather, you must be more stubborn than the waves!

You must never despise the port you were born because no matter how small or how bad it is, it is the place you have started sailing to the universe!

If you feel that you are rotting in a port, nothing can make you happy other than leaving that port and sailing to new ports!

And I shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high, On a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky,And I will never grow so old again,And I will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain.- Sweet Thing