Boats Quote by James Thomson

“To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a…

— Sterling Hayden

A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.

— Socrates

The only noble thing a man can do with money is to build a schooner.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“A good sailboat (and skipper) works with the sea and therefore reaps the benefits of kinship with the world that no amount of money…

— Rick Page

The boatmen appeared to lead an easy and contented life, and we thought that we should prefer their employment ourselves to many professions which…

— Henry David Thoreau

Neither will the horse be adjudged to be generous, that is sumptuously adorned, but the horse whose nature is illustrious; nor is the man…

— Pythagoras

A man who can beat the horses can do anything he makes up his mind to do.

— Charles Bukowski

Man must make his choice between ease and wealth; either may be his, but not both.

— Newell Dwight Hillis

“...the sea's only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. Now, I don't know much about the sea, but I…

— Jon Krakauer

Sail forth into the sea of life, O gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that sea Thy…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out.

— Felix Riesenberg

A man having no ambition in life is a ship having no rudder in the sea.

— Vikrant Parsai