Is there anything more instantly relaxing and mesmerising than a paradise beach? It’s one of the many reasons we love Australia so much - with enough beaches you could discover a new one everyday for 27 years!
So whilst we struggle to put into words exactly why they are so special, we’ve picked our favourite beach quotes that masterfully encapsulate the feeling you get when you first set foot on the sand.
The 30 best beach quotes
“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.”
– Isak Dinesen
“Dance with the waves, move with the sea. Let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.”
– Christy Ann Martine
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
– Jacques Cousteau
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“Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.”
– Ryunosuke Satoro
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
– Andre Gide
“If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.”
– Jimmy Buffett
"You’re not a wave, you’re a part of the ocean."
— Mitch Albom
“After a visit to the beach, it’s hard to believe that we live in a material world.”
– Pam Shaw
“Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.”
– Sylvia Earle
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“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature’s simple treasures, life and living need not be so hard.”
– Psyche Roxas-Mendoza
“No computers, no phone calls, no problems at the beach, only sunshine and smiles allowed.”
- Catherine Pulsifer
“The beach is a place of solitude where I can set my spirit free and relax.”
- M. L. Borges
“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
"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
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“A pool just isn’t the same as the ocean. It has no energy. No life.”
– Linda Gerber
“The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul."
- Robert Wyland
“Beaches are God's poetry.”
- Steve Maraboli
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
“The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective.”
– Beyonce
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
– Rumi
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.“
– Robert Henri
“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came.”
- John F. Kennedy
“Don’t grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.”
– Michelle Held
“A ship in a harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
- John A. Shedd
“Being out there in the ocean – God’s creation – it’s like a gift he has given us to enjoy.”
-Bethany Hamilton
“I followed my heart, and it led me to the beach.”
– Odyssey
“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― Christopher Columbus
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
