Duties Quote by Guy de Maupassant

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

— Guy De Maupassant

“If an enemy ship cannot be taken over by our own crews, it must be sunk! There is to be no deviation from that!”

— Michael G. Kramer

“Everyone becomes a captain when they are forced to sail their own ship through troubled waters and through storms.”

— Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

“In order to avoid shipwreck, wise people usually appoint one captain to navigate the ship.”

— moolesh.k.dindoyal

“A ship is safe in the harbor, but that's not where ships belong.”

— Woody Allen

“and everything generally made shipshape, which seemed a desirable state of affairs, given that we were in fact aboard a ship.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can't do anything about the tides.”

— Matthew Norman 2

“After all, in the midst of armed conflicts, facts are bound to be just as susceptible to injury as ships and men, if not…

— Amor Towles

“When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“no man who rises to command of a United States naval ship can possibly be a coward. And”

— Herman Wouk

“Ships are safe at Harbor, but that's what they aren't meant for.”

— Anonymous

“He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.”

— Thomas Fuller