What is Your Favorite Quote?

[Rakuflames]

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.--Capt. James Cook



"Not all who wander are lost."

Gandolf, in Lord of the Rings

“Remember, you are braver than you believe, you are stronger than you seem, and you are smarter than you think.”

A. A. Milne

“Go bold or don’t waste your time. Go home.”

Me

[meandmyhunny]

Well done is better than well said Benyamin Franklin

[Stu Jackson]

"The reason we use the boat so much is to figure out what to fix next."

--- my friend Dave

[Celestialsailor]

I've always liked the one I use...

[Celestialsailor]

This is one I like to use for my sailing friends who pass on into the next Ocean...

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

[carstenb]

Old Danish sayings:

It is one thing to be able to read a sea chart, it another to skipper the boat.

And one for all of us to remember:

"Only a fool fears not the ocean"

[Target9000]

Originally Posted by Travelnik

This is the one I was talking about. (Thanks for finding it.)

A whine from a Hollywood movie star, on a fully-crewed 96' schooner talking about poverty, financial unrest, and the little that is really needed.

I feel sorry for Sterling Hayden because his boat was under 100'. Poor guy, I know he tried.

Travelnik,

Did you read his book? His life was not all money and glamor. He came from poverty early in life and sort of fell into the movie industry, which in the end he came to despise. A lot of his book is about trying to reconcile the problems he had in hollywood/politics with the simple life he had led before getting into that rats nest. He had seen both poverty and riches, but still chose to make that statement. Given that he had seen both sides, wouldn't you think his viewpoint is even more relevant?

[Mr Mac]

Hey, hold my beer and watch this...

[Group9]

Bad seamanship has sunk more boats than bad weather ever thought about sinking.

[charliehows]

"that which does not kill you makes you stronger" (Nietzsche)
(so far, so good)

[cszosler]

It's never been so bad that it could not be any worse.

[riggear]

"To err is Human, to REALLY screw things up You need a computer"

[River Cruiser]

"It is what it is"

[Dulcesuenos]

"Well Smack my ass and call me Edna"

[Hudson Force]

Originally Posted by Rakuflames

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"Not all who wander are lost."

Gandolf, in Lord of the Rings

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Just for the purpose of attributing this properly, "Gandolf" and the qoute belong to John Ronald Ruel Tolkein. Check post #29. ....but, of course, in the final analysis I'm moved by the same words as you!