Proverbs on Seas, ocean, waves & shores
The sea becomes the shore, the shore becomes the sea. ~ Indonesian Proverb
The boat sails by, the shore remains. ~ Cambodian Proverb
One cannot scoop up the ocean with a sea shell. ~ Japanese Proverb
You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans. ~ Traditional Proverb
Seamen learn to get to know each other during a storm. ~ Corsican Proverb
Do good and throw it in the sea. ~ Palestinian Proverb
Don’t look for a sea when you can drown in a puddle. ~ Russian Proverb
The frog in his pond sneers at the ocean. ~ Japanese Proverb
Don’t sell the fish that is still swimming in the ocean. ~ Turkish Proverb
A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea. ~ Traditional Proverb
He who wants pearls has to dive into the sea. ~ Kurdish Proverb
When husband and wife live in harmony, they can dry up the ocean without a bucket. ~ Vietnamese Proverb
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~ African Proverb
Though near shore, you’re still in the ocean. ~ Malawian Proverb
Better poor on land than rich at sea. ~ Dutch Proverb
The best pilots are ashore. ~ Dutch Proverb
It is safest to sail within reach of the shore. ~ Dutch Proverb
Love begins with song and music and ends in a sea of tears. ~ Italian Proverb
When the sea turned into honey, the beggar lost his spoon. ~ Bulgarian Proverb
Man is like a bubble of water on the ocean. ~ Indian Proverb
The river’s reputation ends where the sea begins. ~ Russian Proverb
With money you can build a road in the sea. ~ Maltese Proverb
Foam will always find its way to the shore. ~ Solomon Islander Proverb
Praise the sea but keep on land. ~ English Proverb
God will help a seaman in a storm but the pilot must still remain at the wheel. ~ German Proverb
Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell on their knees; then they fell upon the aborigines. ~ American Proverbs
A man with little learning is like the frog who thinks its pond is an ocean. ~ Myanmar Proverb
A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea. ~ Dutch Proverb
The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates. ~ Malay Proverb
If rain bothers you, you can always jump into the sea. ~ Chinese Proverb
You can measure the depth of the sea but what about a man’s heart? ~ Malawian Proverb
The water in which one drowns is always an ocean. ~ Armenian Proverb
There is a deep sea between saying and doing. ~ Italian Proverb
The urine of one dog will not pollute the ocean. ~ French Proverb
The deep sea can be fathomed, but who knows the hearts of men? ~ Malay Proverb
All water flows into the ocean or into the purse of the rich. ~ Danish Proverb
Every source flows to the sea. ~ Corsican Proverb
If you cannot catch a fish, do not blame the sea. ~ Greek Proverb
The goodness of the father reaches higher than a mountain; that of the mother goes deeper than the ocean. ~ Japanese Proverb
All the water in the sea doesn’t even reach the knees of the man who fears not death. ~ Indian Proverb
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. ~ English Proverbs
When I am dead the world can be an ocean or a dried up ditch. ~ Iranian Proverb
In the ocean, one does not need to sow water. ~ Somali Proverb
When the sea is calm, every ship has a good captain. ~ Swedish Proverbs
No man can swim ashore and carry his baggage with him. ~ Latin Proverbs
Women are as changeable as the sea. ~ Greek Proverb
The water from the river becomes salty when it reaches the ocean. ~ Sanskrit Proverb
If the seawater were hotter we could catch boiled fish. ~ French Proverb
The sea never buys fish. ~ Turkish Proverbs
Pray to God but continue to row to the shore. ~ Russian Proverb
The prudent embark when the sea is calm — the rash when it’s stormy. ~ New Zealander Proverbs
No matter how big the sea may be, sometimes two ships meet. ~ Chinese Proverb
There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave. ~ Irish Proverbs
Follow the river and you will get to the sea. ~ Indian Proverbs
Better a drop of wisdom than an ocean of gold. ~ Greek Proverbs
Giving gifts to the rich is like pouring water into the sea. ~ Russian Proverbs
Quotations about The Sea & The Ocean
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. ~ Joseph Conrad
The sea complains upon a thousand shores. ~ Alexander Smith
To me, the sea is like a person — like a child that I’ve known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I’m out there. ~ Gertrude Ederle
All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. ~ Bible
The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, teats, or the sea. ~ Isak Dinesen
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.~ Ovid
Nimble thought can jump both sea and land. ~ William Shakespeare Quotes
It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.~ Lucretius
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.~ Henry David Thoreau Quotes
The best thing I know between France and England is the sea. ~ Douglas William Jerrold
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choice less as a beach-waiting for a gift from the sea. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds. ~ Hanmer Parsons Grant
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.~ Muhammad Ali
We are as near to heaven by sea as by land. ~ Sir Humphrey Gilbert
They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence. ~ Virgil
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.~ Albert Schweitzer
When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land. ~ Samuel Johnson Quotes
He that will learn to pray let him go to sea. ~ George Herbert Quotes
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea. ~ Thomas Fuller Quotes
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ~ Edward Gibbon
The secret of happiness is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm, always lucid, always willing “to be joined to the universe without being more conscious of it than an idiot,” to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.~ Cyril Connolly
The Dead Sea is the Dead Sea, because it continually receives and never gives. ~ Author Unknown
O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small. ~ Author Unknown
It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon the shore are, one by one, broken, but the ocean conquers nevertheless. It overwhelms the Armada, it wears out the rock. In like manner, whatever the struggle of individuals, the great cause will gather strength.~ Lord Byron Quotes
You are the waves; I am the ocean. Know this and be free, be divine.~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics — none in which there is more need of good pilots and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.~ Thomas H. Huxley
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and they pass themselves by without wondering.~ St. Augustine
The waves of desire in the world-ocean are intoxicating wine.~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair.~ Euripides
He who attempts to resist the wave is swept away, but he who bends before it abides.~ Author Unknown
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.~ Jon Kabat Zinn