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10 favorite seafarer quotes


1. “A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.” - Matshona Dhliwayo


2. “The strongest storms make the best sailors. The strongest games make the best players. Tougher challenges make the best leaders.” - Israelmore Ayivor


3. “Take charge of your life! The tides do not command the ship. The sailor does.” - Ogwo David Emenike


4. “The good seaman weathers the storm he cannot avoid, and avoids the storm he cannot weather.” - Unknown


5. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” - William Arthur Ward


6. "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain


7. “The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance.” - Annie Van de Wiele


8. "He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles." - Sir Walter Scott


9. "It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage." - George William Curtis


10. "Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time." - Joseph Conrad



Source: www.martide.com

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