42 Captain Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing captain sayings.
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Short Captain Sayings
“A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.” —Lister Sinclair
“Trust your captain but keep your seat belt securely fastened.” —Unknown
“The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat.” —Guy Lafleur
“Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.” —Sophocles
“Two captains will sink the ship.” —Proverb
“A good captain is not made from calm seas.” —Proverb
“There can be only one Captain to a ship.” —Thomas John Barnardo
“No ship should go down without her Captain.” —Unknown
“Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.” —Walt Whitman
“I’m like a ship captain: I have a woman in every port.” —Unknown
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“In calm water, every ship has a good captain.” —Grover Cleveland
“Where there is sea there is pirates.” —Greek Proverb
“There can be only one Captain to a ship.” —Thomas John
“But I just think as a captain, everybody’s different.” —Mark Messier
“Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.” —Unknown
Captain Sayings
“A good director has to be a captain – he has to work with a lot of people every day.” —Melanie Laurent
“They say the captain goes down with the ship, so when the world ends, will God go down with it?” —Unknown
“Every ship needs a captain. The crew is important but the captain steers everything. You need to have a clear vision to lead.” —Unknown
“When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.” —Dick Gregory
“When the storm brews and the waves swell, only an experienced captain can control the ship and save it.” —Mata amritanandamayi
“A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.” —Philip Sidney
“Never trust the captain who has never taken any education from the School of Storms!” —Mehmet Murat ildan
“The team should have implicit confidence in the captain’s decisions.” —Lord Mountbatten
“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.” —Horatio Nelson
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” —St. Thomas Aquinas
“In order to avoid shipwreck, wise people usually appoint one captain to navigate the ship.” —Unknown
“The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.” —Blaise Pascal
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“Ship needs a captain. The crew is important but the captain steers everything. You need to have a clear vision to lead.” —Unknown
“The seas may be rough , but I am the Captain! No matter how difficult, I will always prevail.” —Jack Sparrow
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” —Jimmy Dean
“The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can’t do anything about the tides.” —Matthew Norman
“The captain goes down with its ship, and apparently, we’re his little pieces of ship.” —Unknown
“With a good captain, a rough ocean turns into a calm lake; with a bad captain, a calm lake turns into a rough ocean!” —Mehmet Murat ildan
Top Ten Captain Sayings
Here you will find top ten captain sayings selected by our team.
- “A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.” —Philip Sidney
- “They say the captain goes down with the ship, so when the world ends, will God go down with it?” —Unknown
- “Ship needs a captain. The crew is important but the captain steers everything. You need to have a clear vision to lead.” —Unknown
- “The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.” —Blaise Pascal
- “In calm water, every ship has a good captain.” —Grover Cleveland
- “The seas may be rough , but I am the Captain! No matter how difficult, I will always prevail.” —Jack Sparrow
- “No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.” —Horatio Nelson
- “Trust your captain but keep your seat belt securely fastened.” —Unknown
- “Never trust the captain who has never taken any education from the School of Storms!” —Mehmet Murat ildan
- “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” —St. Thomas Aquinas