Inspirational Quotes
Life on the water was the inspiration for my business name, Waymaker, LLC. There are so many parallels to the struggles, challenges and opportunities we face every day and that of life at sea. I view my role as one designed to help you navigate the waters in your journey. I hope you find inspiration in the nautical themed quotes below.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." — William Ernest Henley
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"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."—Helen Keller
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"I refuse to sink." — Unknown
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"There are good ships and woods ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, may they always be!" — Irish Proverb
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"Make it happen, captain." — Unknown
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"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails." — Thomas S. Monson
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"Sailing takes me away to where I've always heard it could be." — Christopher Cross, "Sailing"
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"I'm the captain now." — Captain Phillips
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"A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind." — Leon Tec
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"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor." — Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." -- Admiral David Farragut
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"Sometimes in the winds of change, we find our true direction." — Unknown
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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." — John A. Shedd
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"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." — Andre Gide
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"Seas the day." — Unknown
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"Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives." — Days of our Lives
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“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – Ernest Hemingway
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“Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” —Stephen R. Covey
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"That's what a ship is, you know—it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs. But what a ship is, really is, is freedom." —Captain Jack Sparrow, “Pirates of the Caribbean”
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"As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in a storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.”— Ivan Panin
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"To reach a port we must set sail. Sail, not tie at anchor. Sail, not drift." — Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." -- William Arthur Ward
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"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship." -- Louisa May Alcott
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"Don't be at the airport when your ship comes in." -- Keith Dunnam
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Everyone must row with the oars he has.”
– Dutch proverb
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If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.”
– Jonathan Winters
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“Life’s roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors.”
– Unknown
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“Remember. It was a professional who built the Titanic, It was an amateur who built Noah’s Ark.”
– Vanessa Linsley
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“The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance.”
– Annie Van De Wiele
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“Time and Tide wait for no man.”
– St. Marher, 1225
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“To be successful at sea we must keep things simple.”
– R. D. ( Pete ) Culler
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“Without patience, a sailor I would never be.”
– Lee Allred
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“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.”
– Aristotle Onassis, Shipping Magnate
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The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen
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"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do." - Mark Twain
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"When I have lost my way and flounder adrift in life's sea, I keep a lookout for the light that will guide me to the harbor of your peace." - Anonymous
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