Ancient Quote by Anonymous

“You were used to say extremity was the trier of spirits; that common chances common men could bear; that when the sea was calm…

— William Shakespeare

By the ancients, courage was regarded as practically the main part of virtue; by us, though I hope we are not less brave, purity…

— Julius Charles Hare

When the sea was calm all ships alike showed mastership in floating.

— William Shakespeare

The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek…

— Ferdinand Magellan

“The sea was cruel and selfish as human beings, and in its monstrous simplicity had no notion of complexities like pity, wounding, or remorse...…

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

“Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich and…

— Douglas Adams

For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage…

— Adolf Hitler

And it was always the stories that needed the telling that gave us the rope we could cross any river with. They balanced us…

— Ali Smith

What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.

— Robert Herrick

“Like a tide-race, the waves of human mediocrity are rising to the heavens and will engulf this refuge, for I am opening the flood-gates…

— j.k. huysmans

Even in a world that's being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.

— Hildegard of Bingen

“This was life on the surface of the sea. A calm, placid exterior that could soothe you into submission or swell up and kill…

— Kenneth Eade