The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
In practice, the ocean is the world's wildest place because of both its fearsome natural danger and how easy it is out there to slip from the boundaries of law and civilization that seem so firm ashore.
To have a huge, friendly whale willingly approach your boat and look you straight in the eye is without doubt one of the most extraordinary experiences on the planet.
In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another.
When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.
I'm from an island, so I've always been near the water. I don't think I could live somewhere far from the sea.
Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.
I've always been a very careful sailor. I know, me and being careful - doesn't really sound right, does it? But when I sail, I take it seriously and take along spares for everything. You have to be careful when you're 1,500 miles from land. There's no one you can call. You're on your own.