Christopher Columbus Quotes

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By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

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School, Goal, May

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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Variants include "You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore".

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Ocean, Sight, Land

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Life has more imagination than We carry in our dreams.

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Dream, Imagination, Our Dreams

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It is easy to discover what another has discovered before.

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Discovery, Easy

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It was the Lord who put into my mind that fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit, because He comforted me with rays of marvelous inspiration from the Holy Scriptures.

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Laughter, Inspiration, Mind

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Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others.

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Life, Motivational, Light

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Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

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Light, Sea, History

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Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.

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Men, Riches, Rich

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Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities.

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Giving, Victory, Way

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No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service. The working out of all things has been assigned to each person by our Lord, but it all happens according to His sovereign will, even though He gives advice. He lacks nothing that is in the power of men to give Him. Oh, what a gracious Lord, who desires that people should perform for Him those things for which He holds Himself responsible! Day and night, moment by moment, everyone should express their most devoted gratitude to Him.

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Gratitude, Night, Men

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These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.

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Men, People, Arms

"The Truth about Christopher Columbus" by Mark Anthony Rolo, progressive.org. October 9, 2017.

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I'm telling you that India is that way, now set my course.

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Sailing, India, Way

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I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.

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Grace And Mercy, Purpose, Lord

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No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

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Names, Tasks, No Fear

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It is hoped that by God's assistance, some of the continents in the Ocean will be discovered ... for the Glory of God.

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Ocean, Glory, Continents

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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.

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Mean, Soul, Gold

Christopher Columbus, Richard Henry Major (1870). “Select Letters of Christopher Columbus: With Other Original Documents, Relating to His Four Voyages to the New World”, p.203

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For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

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Journey, Use, Maps

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

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Men, Soul, Gold

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

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Morning, Land, Tomorrow

Arnold Walter Lawrence, Christopher Columbus, Jean Young (1931). “Narratives of the Discovery of America”, New York, Cape

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I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and warlike, whose manners and religion are very different from ours, who live in sierras and mountains, without fixed settlements, and where by divine will I have placed under the sovereignty of the King and Queen our Lords, an Other World, whereby Spain, which was reckoned poor, is become the richest of countries. Columbus is coming from the Indies as a prisoner to Cadiz.

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Country, Kings, Queens

Letter to Dona Juana de Torres, Oct. 1500

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Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

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Soul, Wish, Gold

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

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Broken Heart, Boys, Glasses

Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.50

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But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

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Gold, Purpose, Spices

Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.54

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An old man came on board my boat; the others, both men and women cried with loud voices: "Come and see the men who have come from the sky. Bring them victuals and drink."

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Men, Loud Voices, Sky

"Journal of the First Voyage". Book by Bartolomé de Las Casas. Entry for October 13, 1492,

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For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear.

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Writing, Journey, Purpose

Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.11

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Born: 1451
Died: May 20, 1506
Occupation: Explorer
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