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Oceans not only teach the lesson of calmness but also show fierceness and strength when needed.
Here are the best inspirational quotes and sayings about the waves of the oceans and healing that you can share on world ocean day 2023.
What Is Ocean Quotes
1. “Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills” – Ambrose Bierce
2. “The oceans are the planet’s last great living wilderness, man’s only remaining frontier on Earth, and perhaps his last chance to prove himself a rational species” – John L. Culliney
3. “Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time” – H. P. Lovecraft
4. “The ocean is this beautiful, unexplored place. Why on Earth everyone isn’t down there, I don’t know” – Graham Hawkes
5. “The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey” – Enya
6. “Take me to the ocean. Let me sail the open sea. To breathe the warm and salty air and dream of things to be” – Erica Billups
7. “You can’t cross the ocean of life just by dreaming about it, you have to jump in and swim” – Debasish Mridha
8. “The ocean is an object of no small terror” – Edmund Burke
Quotes About Importance Of Oceans
9. “The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul” – Robert Wyland
10. “You will love the ocean. It makes you feel small, but not in a bad way. Small because you realize you are part of something bigger” – Lauren Myracle
11. “The ocean’s beauty is in its clear waters, but its strength lies in its dark depths” – Matshona Dhliwayo
12. “If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air” – Nayyirah Waheed
13. “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
14. “If you want to hear the distant voice of the ocean put your ear to the distant lips of a seashell” – Curtis Tyrone Jones
15. “Each kiss of an ocean wave is passed along, as long as there is life on and in the seas” – Anthony T. Hincks
16. “You only need to stand near the ocean to feel the power of the universe and a closeness to the one who created it” – Susan Gale
Quotes On Ocean Appreciation
17. “The ocean has a life of its own. Its tides, whirlpools, currents and eddies are a testament to its conflicting emotions” – Anthony T. Hincks
18. “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
19. “The ocean is a dangerous place, but it’s also a place you can still go and have to yourself, a place that’s clean and, yes, wild. If you go into the ocean you’re making a choice” – David Helvarg
20. “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” – Dave Barry
21. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” – Andre Gide
22. “Being out there in the ocean, God’s creation, it’s like a gift He has given us to enjoy” – Bethany Hamilton
23. “The beauty and mystery of the ocean, fills our lives with wonders, vast beyond our imagination” – M. L. Borges
24. “We ourselves feel what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop” – Mother Teresa
Short Quotes About Ocean
25. “If everybody had an ocean … everybody’d be surfing” – Johnny Manetta
26. “Ocean separates lands, not souls” – Munia Khan
27. “A calm ocean is never afraid of a raging river” – Matshona Dhliwayo
28. “Every drop in the ocean counts” – Yoko Ono
29. “The ocean holds secrets. It sees a lot and tells nothing” – Lois Ruth Scott
30. “Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down” – Vanessa Paradis
31. “In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans” – Kahlil Gibran
32. “The ocean is a mighty harmonist” – William Wordsworth
Ocean Quotes About Life
33. “If we look at the ocean in a calm, there is something imposing in its aspect; stretched out in its sleeping tranquility, but looking fearfully deep, and its silence seems like that of the lion when crouching for its prey” – Jenny M Parker
34. “How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when it is clearly Ocean” – Arthur C Clarke
35. “You’re not a wave, you’re part of the ocean” – Mitch Albom
36. “Looking out over the ocean you can see reflections of God” – Catherine Pulsifer
37. “The ocean has a rhythm, but it has no heart” – Christina Henry
38. “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean” – Ryunosuke Satoro
39. “We have the responsibility to care for the ocean as it cares for us” – Suzanne van der Veeken
40. “All rivers pay homage to the ocean for it lies lowest” – Jeffrey Fry
41. “What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams” – Werner Herzog
42. “Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that” – Sylvia Earle
43. “When people who love the ocean come together, they can achieve extraordinary things” – Frances Beinecke
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