25 Awe-Inspiring Ocean Quotes That Will Transport You to the Waves
“Dance with the waves, move with the sea, let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.”
There’s nothing like standing at the edge of the ocean. With each wave barreling in one after the other, our senses can’t help but be ignited. Smelling that salty and briny sea breeze, seeing its vastness as our eyes scan the horizon to try to comprehend its end, and feeling so small in the middle of its mighty roar or quiet stillness: these are emotions only the ocean can stir.
The ocean is teeming with wildlife and mystery. To plumb its depths is to discover a world filled with activity and creatures you never thought to imagine. It's no wonder so many people have been inspired for centuries by the beauty and mystery of the ocean and have shared their thoughts and wisdoms with us. So if you find yourself craving even more connection to nature, or just need a change of scenery from the drab office with no windows you've been working in all year, check out these quotes. Want even more vacation inspiration? Use any of these Instagram vacation captions for your next vacation post. Or if you're catching the sun as it dips below the ocean's horizon, look to the best sunset quotes for your post.
Sarah Kay
“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.”
Nayyirah Waheed
“if
the ocean
can calm itself,
so can you.
we
are both
salt water
mixed with
air.”
Beyoncé
“The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective.”
Dave Barry
“There's nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater, you realize that you've been missing the whole point of the ocean. Staying on the surface all the time is like going to the circus and staring at the outside of the tent.”
Le Testament d'Orphée
“I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.”
Bob Dylan
“Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.”
Langston Hughes
“The sea is a desert of waves,
A wilderness of water.”
Bob Marley
“In high seas or in low seas,
I'm gonna be your friend...
I'm gonna be your friend.
In high tide or in low tide,
I'll be by your side...
I'll be by your side.”
William Carlos Williams
“But the sea
which no one tends
is also a garden”
Herman Melville
“There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath...”
Munia Khan
“Ocean separates lands, not souls..”
Charlotte Eriksson
"I will find comfort in the rhythm of the sea.”
Rick Riordan
“The sea does not like to be restrained”
William James
“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected on the deep.”
Vincent van Gogh
“The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too”
Christy Ann Martine
“Dance with the waves, move with the sea, let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.”
Jacques Cousteau
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
Robert Wylan
“The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.”
Robert Henri
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.”
E.E. Cummings
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it’s always our self we find in the sea.”
Leah Hall is currently a digital producer and writer for Country Living. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama.
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