Quotes from 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 …

Each day we understand better what the Indians say, and they us, so that very often we are intelligible to each other.

Your Highnesses have an Other World here, by which our holy faith can be so greatly advanced and from which such great wealth can be drawn.

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

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