All Christopher Columbus Quotes
- Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in… Achieved
- The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home. Bring
- Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or wealth, that is certain; for… All
- And they know neither sect nor idolatry, with the exception that all believe that the source of all power and goodness is in the sky,… All
- Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out… Added
- The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a firebrand in the hand, [and]… Accustomed
- I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and warlike, whose manners and religion… Cadiz
- It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so free with all they possess,… All
- A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers… Dealer
- I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy and all the others who… All
- I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain… Any
- Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities. Apparent
- The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with flowers… According
- I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown. I am greatly supported in this view by reason of… Belief
- The tempest was terrible and separated me from my [other] vessels that night, putting every one of them in desperate straits, with nothing to look… Access
- I came to serve you at the age of 28 and now I have not a hair on me that is not white, and my… Age
- And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics since this was… Any
- "Of this voyage, I observe," says the Admiral, "that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many signal… Admiral
- Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier. Busier
- It was the Lord who put into my mind that fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who… All