--- title: "8 Abandon Ship Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Abandon Ship quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Abandon Ship sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/the-swellers-27686_abandon_abandon-ship-fend-for-yourself-youve-got_66378.jpg" --- > [Abandon ship. Fend for yourself. Youve got that sinking feeling and nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-swellers/abandon-ship-fend-for-yourself-youve-got-that-sinking-feeling-and/) [The Swellers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-swellers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/the-swellers-27686_abandon_abandon-ship-fend-for-yourself-youve-got_66378.jpg) > [I think kids abandon stories all the time. They start stories and get frustrated or get a different, better idea. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-carson-levine/i-think-kids-abandon-stories-all-the-time-they-start-stories-and-get/) [Gail Carson Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-carson-levine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/gail-carson-levine-7322_abandon_i-think-kids-abandon-stories-all-the-tim_374661.jpg) > [A ship is designed to take you place.If your frienship,companionship,relationship isn't taking you anywhere maybe it's time to abandon ship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-ship-is-designed-to-take-you-place-if-your-frienship-companionship/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/anonymous-1_companionship_a-ship-is-designed-to-take-you-place-if_506352.jpg) > [God's people should plan for a voyage of a thousand years, but be prepared to abandon ship tonight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-bayly/god-s-people-should-plan-for-a-voyage-of-a-thousand-years-but-be/) [Joseph Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-bayly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/joseph-bayly-51882_abandon_god-s-people-should-plan-for-a-voyage-of_843640.png) > [“Do not abandon ship: Some countries of the world are like people fighting on a large boat. In the middle of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-a-barnes/do-not-abandon-ship-some-countries-of-the-world-are-like-people/) [Julie A. Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-a-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/julie-a-barnes-75796_equality_do-not-abandon-ship-some-countries-of-th_2020215.jpg) > [You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/you-wouldn-t-abandon-ship-in-a-storm-just-because-you-couldn-t/) [Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/thomas-more-3382_abandon_you-wouldn-t-abandon-ship-in-a-storm-jus_2174823.jpg) > [We do not abandon ship. I say, as corny as it may sound, through the strength and spirit and fire and dare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/we-do-not-abandon-ship-i-say-as-corny-as-it-may-sound-through-the/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/charles-bukowski-73_abandon_we-do-not-abandon-ship-i-say-as-corny-as_2856074.jpg) > [A ship is designed to take you places, so if your friendship, companionship, partnership or relationship isn't taking you anywhere... abandon ship!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-ship-is-designed-to-take-you-places-so-if-your-friendship/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/anonymous-1_abandon_a-ship-is-designed-to-take-you-places-so_2913253.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandon-ship/#itemlist", "name": "Abandon Ship Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Abandon ship. 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