Tides Quotes

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  Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

  Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

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• There’s no point in fighting the tide. It ebbs. It flows. You ride it.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Fighting, Flow, No Point

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “Iced: Fever Series”, p.115, Delacorte Press

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• 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

  Beach, Ocean, Moving

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• Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.

  Maya Angelou

  Moon, Sun, Certainty

  Maya Angelou, “Still I Rise”

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• 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

  Heart, Men, Sea

  Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1171, Delphi Classics

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• Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean.

  Seth Godin

  Wise, Wisdom, Clever

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• Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.

  Tom Hanks

  Giving Up, Next Day, Knows

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• Life is a journey. How we travel is really up to us.
  We can just flow with the tide or follow our own dreams.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Journey, Flow

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• The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Fall, Twilight, Hands

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1039, Delphi Classics

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• In high tide or in low tide,
  I'll be by your side

  Bob Marley

  Your Side, Sides, Lows

  Song: High Tide Or Low Tide

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• When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  "Old Town Folks". Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Chapter 39, p. 507, 1869.

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• Tides do what tides do – they turn.

  Derek Landy

  Turns, Skulduggery Pleasant

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.181, HarperCollins UK

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• Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.

  Alice Meynell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Laughter

  Alice Meynell (2013). “The Essential Alice Meynell Collection”, p.384, eBookIt.com

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• A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go.

  Andrew Schneider

  Water, Choices, Swim

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• Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Sea, Waiting

  Charles Dickens (1844). “The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit: His Relatives, Friends and Enemies ...”, p.169

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• To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of years, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.

  Rachel Carson

  Running, Moving, Years

  Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson (1972). “The house of life: Rachel Carson at work”

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• The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Sympathy, Sports, Condolences

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1076, Delphi Classics

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• Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.

  Tamora Pierce

  Beach, Ocean, Wave Of Life

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “Circle of Magic #1: Sandry's Book”, p.79, Scholastic Inc.

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• We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

  William Shakespeare

  Opportunity, Sea Voyage, Venture

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 215

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• When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Gratitude, Disappointment, Focus

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• 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.

  Bob Marley

  Your Side, Sea, Sides

  Song: High Tide or Low Tide

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• There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know and respond to the mysterious forces that create the tide.

  Rachel Carson

  Nature, Ocean, Water

  Rachel Carson (1989). “The Sea Around Us”, p.149, Oxford University Press, USA

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• My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Beach, Listening, Done

  Rabindranath Tagore (2007). “Stray Birds”, p.11, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Love builds up the broken wall and straightens the crooked path. Love keeps the stars in the firmament and imposes rhythm on the ocean tides. Each of us is created of it and I suspect each of us was created for it.

  Maya Angelou

  Stars, Wall, Ocean

  "Learning From Maya" by Sue Shanahan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2014.

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• Time and tide wait for no man.

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Inspirational, Birthday, Time

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