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Quotes of the Day for 3 August 2003 - Columbus Sails

On this day in 1492, Christopher Columbus weighed anchor in Palos, Spain and set sail for, well, for somewhere.

Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but you are not going to explore many unknown realms that way.
     - David Whyte

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
     - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882 - 1945

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, 1880 - 1968

The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing.
     - John Lennon, 1940 - 1980

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving - we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
     - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, 1841 - 1935

And the sea shall grant all men new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home.
     - Christopher Columbus, 1451 - 1506

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