Sailor Quotes

Famous sailor quotes and other old seafaring, maritime and ship quotes.
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
Walter Scott
The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
Samuel Butler
The wind that blows, the ship that goes and the girl that loves a sailor.
Anonymous
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
Honore De Balzac
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the sailor at sea, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
Anonymous
The good seaman weathers the storm he cannot avoid, and avoids the storm he cannot weather
Anonymous
Ideals are like stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them
Carl Schurz
The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance.
Annie Van De Wiele
Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him.
Charles G. Davis
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William A. Ward
It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.
Sir Francis Drake
Where there is sea there is pirates
Greek Proverb
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
Henrik Ibsen
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
Thomas Carlyle
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
Grace Hopper
Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Samuel Johnson

Reflections

Seafarer Jobs or Jobs at ship is considered as a glamorous one, especially by young people. But they should know some unsaid things about life onboard ship.

Seafarers come from all over the world, from different cultures and backgrounds, and work in diverse areas of the shipping industry.

A Seafarer's Job or Jobs at ship is a hard and sometimes lonely life, without family and far from friends. A long way from home, cut off from normal life on shore for months, even years. Most seafarers stay 3 to 9 months on one vessel, depending on their contract.

Not in every port you'll find a phone booth to call your relatives, wife and children but fortunately nowadays there are mobile phones. However, if you're out of simcard-credit it's hard to get an up-grade because most ships stay ashore for just a few hours, so no way you can go shopping. It's a tough life and not without danger.

All seafarers need to have good education and they need to have a lot of knowledge about their ship before they can come onboard to act in case of emergency.

I would call upon their families to Never forget what Seafarer is sacrificing for their bread and butter.

Entertainment onboard ship:

Seafarer enjoys each others company off duty. Drinking beer,watching movies,sometimes smoking, and enjoying games of dice and cards, telling tales, playing musical instruments, carving, drawing and practicing knots are the main source of entertainment.

Nothing compares to the sight of moonlight reflecting on waves, sunrise and sunset from a ship.