"For the execution of the voyage to the……" — Christopher Columbus
"For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps."
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Christopher Columbus
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50 Quotes by Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus has 50 quotes on this site.
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Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned…
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The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home.
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Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or…
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And they know neither sect nor idolatry, with the exception that all believe that the source of all power and…
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Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as…
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The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a…
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I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and…
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It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so…
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A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and…
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I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy…
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I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction…
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Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities.
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More Execution Quotes
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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new…
— Francis Bacon
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
— Ansel Adams
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Execution is everything.
— Jeff Bridges
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You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
— George Carlin
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry…
— Chanakya
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Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just…
— Hank Aaron
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This team is one execution away from being a very good basketball team.
— Doc Rivers
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
— Samuel Johnson
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Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast that the potential for improvement is tremendous. So, since becoming CEO again, I've…
— Larry Page
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A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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