Famous Columbus Day Quotations

Columbus Day celebration will take place on second monday of October every year. In USA and most of Latin America Countries, Columbus Day is an official holiday. Perhaps Happy Columbus Day Quotes is a necessary thing for most people to send to others on this holiday. We hope you can get some great quotes for your Happy Columbus Day Card and Happy Columbus Day Wishes. Make your Columbus Day is a wonderful day with your family and friends.


  • Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ~ Robert F. Kennedy

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

  • 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. ~ Christopher Columbus

  • A ship in harbor is safe
    but that is not what ships are for. ~ John A. Shedd

  • "Following the light of the sun,
    we left the Old World."
    ~ Christopher Columbus

  • Riches don't make a man rich,
    they only make him busier. ~ Christopher Columbus

  • He completed the universe, he achieved the physical unity of the globe. ~ Lumartine

  • "By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination." ~ Christopher Columbus

  • The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~ Marcel Proust

  • For the execution of voyage to the Indies, I didn't make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. ~ Christopher Columbus

  • If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. ~ Arthur Goldberg

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

  • Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys. ~ Christopher Columbus

  • One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~ Andre Gide

  • "The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it." ~ Christopher Columbus

  • Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long. ~ Christopher Columbus

  • Columbus found a world, and had no chart,
    Save one that faith deciphered in the skies. ~ George Santayana

  • He gave the world another world. ~ George Santayana

  • 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. ~ Christopher Columbus

  • Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. ~ John Dewey

  • For all mankind that unstained scroll unfurled,
    Where God might write a new story of the World. ~ Edward Everett Hale

  • Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. ~ Unknown

  • He stands out among the beacon lights of history as a man of vision dominated by a definite purpose. ~ John George Jones