The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
--William Arthur Ward
There is no such thing as bad weather, there are only bad clothes.
--Heinrich Simon.
At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.
--Robin Lee Graham
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.