The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

— Joshua Slocum

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

— Edward Gibbon

It's out there at sea that you are really yourself.

— Vito Dumas

He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger.

— Hammond Innes

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

— Whoopi Goldberg

There is nothing like lying flat on your back on the deck, alone except for the helmsman aft at the wheel, silence except for…

— Errol Flynn

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.

— Robin Lee Graham

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

— Brooks Atkinson

There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has made that…

— Alan Villiers

Wind is to us what money is to life on shore.

— Sterling Hayden

Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him.

— Charles Davis

Whoever you are, motion and reflection are especially for you, The divine ship sails the divine sea for you.

— Walt Whitman

Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.

— Charlie Cook

Spirits rise as the sails fill... Gone is the sea's glassy surface, and with it the terrible glare. Close the hatches and ports! We're…

— Jim Moore

Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they…

— Henry David Thoreau