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Voyages Quotes by Herman Melville
- Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any…
- Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
- ...that one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so on, for ever…
- If I had been downright honest with myself, I would have seen very plainly in my heart that I did but half fancy being committed…
More Voyages Quotes
- The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them. — Amelia Barr
- I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean that I stay at home. — Emmanuelle Beart
- It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. — Henry Ward Beecher
- My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything;… — Aeschylus
- Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home. — Gwendolyn Brooks
- Modern science has been a voyage into the unknown, with a lesson in humility waiting at every stop. Many passengers would rather… — Carl Sagan
- 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
- Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit. The game of life is to come… — Richard M. Nixon
- 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
- Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides… — Winston Churchill