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Voyage Quotes by Christopher Columbus
- 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…
- 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…
- "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…
- For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.
- For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day…
- Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should…
More Voyage Quotes
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- Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading… — William Gurnall
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- Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose… — Seneca the Younger
- What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the… — Ellen Ochoa
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- The only true voyage of discovery, . . . would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes. — Marcel Proust
- My story starts at sea, a perilous voyage to an unknown land. A shipwreck. The wild waters roar and heave. The brave… — William Shakespeare