Christopher Columbus > Quotes

“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― Christopher Columbus

“The sea will grant each man new hope
The sleep brings dreams of home.”
― Christopher Columbus, The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during His First Voyage, 1492-93) and Documents Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real

“The world is round.”
― Christopher Columbus

“Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.”
― Christopher Columbus

“Life has more imagination then we carry in our dreams.”
― Christopher Columbus

“So tractable, so peaceable are these people that I swear to your Majesties there is not in the world a better nation. They love their neighbors as themselves, and their discourse is ever sweet and gentle and accompanied with a smile; and though it is true that they are naked, yet their manners are decorous and praiseworthy.”
― Christopher Columbus

“After your Highnesses ended the war of the Moors who reigned in Europe, and finished the war of the great city of Granada, where this present year [1492] on the 2nd January I saw the royal banners of Your Highnesses planted by force of arms on the towers of the Alhambra, which is the fortress of the said city, I saw the Moorish sultan issue from the gates of the said city, and kiss the royal hands of Your Highnesses …”
― Christopher Columbus, The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives

“I saw some who bore marks of wounds on their bodies and I made signs to them to ask how this happened, and they indicated that people from other nearby islands come here and try to take them as slaves. They are well-built, with good bodies and handsome features... I believe that they would be excellent servants. With fifty men, we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want”
― Christopher Columbus

“Dünyaya serzenişim yeniyse bile onun beni hor kullanma alışkanlığı pek eskidir.”
― Christopher Columbus