You can never cross the ocean unless you... by Christopher Columbus | We Heart Quotes

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You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

- Christopher Columbus

Other quotes by Christopher Columbus

April Desire Years

I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all possible discoveries, and return to your Highnesses, if it please our Lord, in April.

- Christopher Columbus

I saw a boy of the crew purchasing javelins of them with bits of platters and broken glass.

- Christopher Columbus

People

After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished.

- Christopher Columbus

Land

Tomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood.

- Christopher Columbus

Gold is the most precious of all commodities; gold constitutes treasure, and he who possesses it has all he needs in the world, as also the means of rescuing souls from purgatory, and restoring them to the enjoyment of paradise.

- Christopher Columbus

With gold a man can do anything. It even sends souls to paradise.

- Christopher Columbus

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