You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Published on March 9, 2016 , under Quotes
Love It 0Source: André Gide, Les faux-monnayeurs [The Counterfeiters] (1925).
Misattribution: Often misattributed to Christopher Columbus, but no authentic source for this attribution is yet found.
Original Quote: One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
Original Quote in French: On ne découvre pas de terre nouvelle sans consentir à perdre de vue, d’abord et longtemps, tout rivage.
