Nautical quotes

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

Life is better at the beach.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise. – Emilia Wickstead

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

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

The sea is a desert of waves. A wilderness of water. – Langston Hughes

Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sea is as near as we come to another world. – Anne Stevenson

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. – Christopher Columbus

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

I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship. – Louisa May Alcott

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. – Isak Dinesen

Every tide brings its own treasure. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The sea is as near as we come to another world. – Anne Stevenson

Nautical quotes part 2

In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth. – Rachel Carson

When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

Being out on the ocean is like being in a trance. – John Sladek

To reach a port we must set sail – Sail, not tie at anchor Sail, not drift. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

The sea, to me, 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

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

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. – William G.T. Shedd

Eternity begins and ends with the ocean’s tides. – Unknown

In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans. – Kahlil Gibran

Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone. – Unknown

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

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home. – Sylvia Earle

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. – Vincent van Gogh

I can never get enough of the ocean. The ocean makes me feel really small, and it makes me put my whole life into perspective. – Beyoncé

Dance with the waves, move with the sea. Let the rhythm of the water set your soul free. – Christy Ann Martine

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

The sea, to me, 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

Saltwater cures all wounds. – Unknown

I’m a true oceanholic.

The sea lives in every one of us. – Wyland

To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise. – Emilia Wickstead

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. – Isak Dinesen

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

Happiness comes in waves.

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