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| ~ Down to the Sea ~ |
| I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, The wheel's kick, the wind's song and the white sail's gentle shaking, And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a chill grey dawn abreaking. I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the soft and white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the seagulls lonely crying. I must go down to the sea again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long sojourn is over. -- John Masefield |
| Ships that pass in the night and speak to each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; so, on the ocean of life, we pass and speak to one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again, and a silence. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| The pessimist never discovered the secret of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. -- Helen Keller |
| A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. -- Grace Hopper |
| We should not moor a ship with only one anchor, or our life with only one hope. -- Epictetus |
| As absurd as it may sound, it sometimes seems to me that a ship has a soul. -- John Rhodes Sturdy |
| I long for the solitude of a sunset at sea, for the motion of my boat and the beauty of the stars in the evening's last glow. -- R. C. Gibbons |
| The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. -- William Arthur Ward |
| Patience. Patience is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. -- Ann Morrow Lindbergh |
| Pay no attention to the naysayers, doomsday-predictors and critics of the world. No statue has ever been erected to a critic. -- Jean Sibelius |
| It's skill, not strength, that governs a ship. -- Thomas Fuller |
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