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.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores. Alexander Smith
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. Joseph Conrad
Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think. Robert Henri
We know that when we protect our oceans we're protecting our future. Bill Clinton
The sea! the sea! the open sea!, The blue, the fresh, the ever free! Bryan W. Procter
The sea hath no king but God alone. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The oceans deserve our respect and care, but you have to know something before you can care about it. Sylvia Earle
The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace. Kate Chopin
Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life. Tamora Pierce
The sea is not a bargain basement. Jacques Cousteau
Ocean separates lands, not souls.. Munia Khan
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea. Joseph Conrad
The ocean is a place of skin, rich outer membranes hiding thick juicy insides, laden with the soup of being. Vera Nazarian
The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out. Annie Dillard
In one drop of water are found all the secrets of the oceans. Khalil Gibran
The sea is as near as we come to another world. Anne Stevenson
Waves keep coming, that's the one thing you can count on in life Gerry Lopez
The sea is very beautiful and gives us many things, but it must be understood and respected, or it will slap you ... J.Z. Colby
The sea does not like to be restrained. Rick Riordan
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. Carl Sandburg
The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. Henry Beston
Smell the sea and feel the sky. Van Morrison
On the ocean of life let your mind be the ship and your heart be the compass. James David Manning
Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds' own radiance is its thoughts and emotions. Sogyal Rinpoche
Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook. William Arthur Ward
Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean. Christopher Reeve
A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean. Zhuangzi
You don't understand. You're not a wave. You're part of the ocean. Morrie Schwartz
Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you. Jim Rohn
Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it. Jimmy Buffett