Wave Quotes - Page 2

• You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Commitment, Insperational, Carpe Diem

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.395, Yale University Press

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• I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic.

  Scott Ritter

  Patriotic, Patriotism, Doe

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• No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Strength, Perseverance, Years

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.649, Delphi Classics

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• Passion is like waves; it comes and goes. Compassion is the constant flow.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Spiritual, Passion, Bhajans

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• We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.

  Augustus

  Writing, Names, Sand

  The Sandman #30: "August",

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• Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Water, Cliffs

  Marcus Aurelius (1945). “Marcus Aurelius and His Times”

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• Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.

  Joseph Campbell

  Rocks, World

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• But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?

  Joshua Slocum

  Uplifting, Hard Times, Sea

  Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.193, Applewood Books

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• Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.

  Buzzy Trent

  Feet, Surfing, Sailing

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• find your eternity in each moment

  Henry David Thoreau

  Carpe Diem, Islands, Eternity Of Life

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.395, Yale University Press

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• For a surfer, it's never-ending. There's always some wave you want to surf.

  Kelly Slater

  Want, Surf, Never Ending

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

  Ovid

  Time, Words Of Wisdom, Return

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• The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.

  Jack Kornfield

  Surf

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• Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Ocean, Meditation, Mind

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• Just like a sunbeam can't separate itself from the sun, and a wave can't separate itself from the ocean, we can't separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.

  Marianne Williamson

  Spiritual, Ocean, Sea

  Marianne Williamson (2009). “A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles”, p.31, Harper Collins

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• The waves of time wash us all clean.

  Colin Baker

  Clean

  "Fictional character: The Doctor". TV Series "Doctor Who" ("Timelash: Part Two", 1985), www.imdb.com. (1963–1989).

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• In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

  Dogen

  Buddhist, Light, Waves Breaking

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• Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Inspirational, Art, Creative

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• Things break all the time. Day breaks, waves break, voices break. Promises break. Hearts break.

  Jodi Picoult

  Heart, Voice, Promise

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Reader's Companion: A Collection of Excerpts”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?

  Fanny Crosby

  Ocean, Dark, Fathom

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• The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspiring, Water, Lovely

  Thich Nhat Hanh “Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings”, Orbis Books

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• It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

  Muhammad Ali

  Funny, Sports, Jobs

  Twitter post from Aug 18, 2010

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• Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Color, Sea, Waves Breaking

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1844). “The Spanish Student: A Play in Three Acts”, p.50

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• The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

  Cyril Connolly

  Life, Success, Secret

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• Only those who row the boat make waves

  Christina Dodd

  Boat

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