William Adams Professions : sailor Born : September 24, 1564 Died : May 16, 1620 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by William Adams At which time came to us many boats and we suffered them to come aboard, being not able to resist them, which people did us no harm, neither of us understanding the one the other. William Adams able understanding people Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or worth the taking was carried away; all which was done unknown to the emperor. William Adams ships captains done From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had. William Adams ships clothes taken So that between the Cape of St. Maria and Japan we were four months and twenty-two days; at which time there were no more than six besides myself that could stand upon his feet. William Adams gnarly japan two Faith is a continuation of reason. William Adams Men moving only in an official circle are apt to become merely official -- not to say arbitrary -- in their ideas, and are apter and apter with each passing day to forget that they only hold power in a representative capacity. William Adams Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be. William Adams You can have anything you want--if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. William Adams The fact that there isn't a benchmark price means that some of the banks haven't been keen to get involved because they can't hedge their price risk. William Adams top-news If our countries had war the one with the other, that was no cause that he should put us to death; with which they were out of heart that their cruel pretense failed them. For which God be forever-more praised. William Adams god heart war death So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before. William Adams me done process years In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature. William Adams king wife nature children Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary. William Adams mathematics understanding grace art So I departed and was free from imprisonment. William Adams free imprisonment departed Therefore I do pray and entreat you in the name of Jesus Christ to do so much as to make my being here in Japan known to my poor wife, in a manner a widow and my two children fatherless; which thing only is my greatest grief of heart and conscience. William Adams you wife heart children
