Ocean Quotes

• The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.

  Robert Wyland

  Inspirational, Beach, Nature

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• The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.

  Kate Chopin

  Beach, Nature, Healing

  1899 The Awakening, ch.6.

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• At the beach, life is different. Time doesn't move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides, and follow the sun.

  Sandy Gingras

  Beach, Moving, Sea

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• You are the mountain, you are the rock You are the cord and you’re the spark You are the eagle, you are the lark You are the world and you’re remarkable You’re the ocean eating the shore You are the calm inside the storm You’re every emotion, you can endure You are the world and the world is yours. ((The World as I See It))

  Jason Mraz

  Rocks, Eagles, Storm

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• Smell the sea and feel the sky.

  Van Morrison

  Beach, Sea, Sky

  Song: Introduction: Into the Mystic

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• The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Beach, Nature, Sea

  Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1978). “Life and death in a coral sea”

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• 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

  Love, Inspirational, Cute

  Sarah Kay, “If I should have a daughter”

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• On the ocean of life let your mind be the ship and your heart be the compass.

  James David Manning

  Life, Heart, Choices

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• My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Beach, Heart, Marine

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Favorite Poems”, p.45, Courier Corporation

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• Blackness is an ocean, a universe, a possibility that can never be exhausted. And so we have to constantly reaffirm the necessity of excavation, of archiving and curating, but also exploring, and understanding afresh and learning for the first time what it is that we need to know, and what the limits and boundaries are, and what the themes and preoccupations should be, and what the redemptive character of that erudition is. I find myself in the exciting position of doing all that, and at the same time having the obligation to explain to white people what the deal is.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Character, White, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

  Andre Gide

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Counterfeiters". Book by Andre Gide, 1925.

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• Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind. Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultation. Suddenly, you know you are alive.

  Vera Nazarian

  Eye, Wind, Skins

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  The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

  Jules Verne

  Lonely, Men, Sea

  Jules Verne (2015). “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea: Science Fiction Stories”, p.49, 谷月社

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• The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.

  Isak Dinesen

  Beach, Encouragement, Hard Work

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  We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Christian, Wisdom

  Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.213, Image

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• My altars are the mountains and the ocean.

  Lord Byron

  Mountain, Altars

  Lord Byron (2013). “Don Juan”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• We know that when we protect our oceans we're protecting our future.

  William J. Clinton

  Sea, Environment, Conservation

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.1573, Best Books on

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• A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.

  Gloria Stuart

  Heart, Keeping Secrets, Titanic Movie

  "Fictional character: Old Rose". "Titanic", www.imdb.com. 1997.

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• 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

  Beach, Nature, Sea

  1899 The Awakening, ch.6.

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• Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Vision, Trying, Seeing

  Song: Manana

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• Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Meditation, Mind, Sun

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• Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Life, Pool

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Limitless and immortal, the waters are the beginning and end of all things on earth.

  Heinrich Zimmer

  Beach, Sea, Water

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• You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean.

  Mitch Albom

  Wave, Ocean Wave

  Twitter post from May 24, 2016

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• You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

  H. L. Mencken

  Life, Sea, Excellence

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