The Ocean Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old the ocean quotes, the ocean sayings, and the ocean proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. H. P. Lovecraft
Being out there in the ocean, God's creation, it's like a gift He has given us to enjoy. Bethany Hamilton
The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't. Christopher Paolini
What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams. Werner Herzog
Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away. Sarah Kay
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills. Ambrose Bierce
Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part. Hermann Broch
Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time. H. P. Lovecraft
The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey. Enya
The ocean is a mighty harmonist. William Wordsworth
The ocean is the lifeblood of our world. If we were to lose our fish that we appreciate so much by overfishing; or if we were to lose some of our favorite beaches to overbuilding and pollution, then how would we feel? It's become a case of not knowing wha Aaron Peirsol
Never underestimate the power of the ocean. Heidi Klum
Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms. Nicolaus Copernicus
Every drop in the ocean counts. Yoko Ono
The sea is the universal sewer. Jacques Yves Cousteau
The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Health to the ocean means health for us. Sylvia Earle
The ocean moans over dead men's bones. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
An ocean which thinks there is nothing to learn from a lake is not a wise ocean! Mehmet Murat ildan
Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode. Edmund Waller
The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul. Wyland
To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim?the rocks?the motion of the waves?the ships, with men in them, What stranger miracles are there? Walt Whitman
The cure for anything is salt water ? sweat, tears, or the sea. Isak Dinesen
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch ? we are going back from whence we came John F. Kennedy
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach ? waiting for a gift from the sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Limitless and immortal, the waters are the beginning and end of all things on earth. Heinrich Zimmer
The sea lives in every one of us. Wyland
The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. Jacques Cousteau
That the sea is one of the most beautiful and magnificent sights in Nature, all admit. John Joly
The waves of the sea help me get back to me. Jill Davis