With Gold A Man Can Do Anything.

One Does Not Discover New Lands Without Consenting To Lose Sight Of The Shore For A Very Long Time. Variants Include "you Can Never Cross The Ocean Unless You Have The Courage To Lose Sight Of The Shore".

I Came To Serve You At The Age Of 28 And Now I Have Not A Hair On Me That Is Not White, And My Body Is Infirm And Exhausted. All That Was Left To Me And My Brothers Has Been Taken Away And Sold, Even To The Cloak That I Wore, Without Hearing Or Trial, To My Great Dishonor.

It Was The Lord Who Put Into My Mind That Fact That It Would Be Possible To Sail From Here To The Indies. All Who Heard Of My Project Rejected It With Laughter, Ridiculing Me. There Is No Question That The Inspiration Was From The Holy Spirit, Because He Comforted Me With Rays Of Marvelous Inspiration From The Holy Scriptures.

And Your Highnesses, As Catholic Christians And Princes, Devoted To The Holy Christian Faith And The Propagation Thereof - And Enemies Of The Sect Of Mohammet And Of All Idolatries And Heresies, Resolved To Send Me, Christopher Columbus, To The Said

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. The Working Out Of All Things Has Been Assigned To Each Person By Our Lord, But It All Happens According To His Sovereign Will, Even Though He Gives Advice. He Lacks Nothing That Is In The Power Of Men To Give Him. Oh, What A Gracious Lord, Who Desires That People Should Perform For Him Those Things For Which He Holds Himself Responsible! Day And Night, Moment By Moment, Everyone Should Express Their Most Devoted Gratitude To Him.