Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it is because in addition to the fact that the sea changes and the light changes, and ships change, it is because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it we are going back from whence we came.

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

The credit of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone.

The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.

An artist's working life is marked by intensive application and intense discipline.