I love the beach.
Just looking at the calming sea to relax. Having fun in the water with family and friends. Floating on my back and looking up at the blue summer sky.
Plus all the ice cream, tasty food and lovely warm weather.
So in today’s post I’d like to share 101 of the most positive, funny and inspirational beach quotes for a happy summer with friends and loved ones.
I hope you’ll find something here to help you enjoy your summer and beach time even more this year (and something for your Instagram posts too).
Inspirational Beach Quotes for a Great Summer
“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
“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
“Dance with the waves, move with the sea. Let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.”
– Christy Ann Martine
“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
“Some beach somewhere, there’s a big umbrella casting shade over an empty chair. Palm trees are growing, warm breezes blowing.”
– Blake Shelton
“When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
“The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective.”
– Beyoncé
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
– Jacques Cousteau
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“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
“There was a magic about the sea. People were drawn to it. People wanted to love by it, swim in it, play in it, look at it. It was a living thing that was as unpredictable as a great stage actor: it could be calm and welcoming, opening its arms to embrace its audience one moment, but then could explode with its stormy tempers, flinging people around, wanting them out, attacking coastlines, breaking down islands.”
– Cecelia Ahern
“The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.”
– Robert Wyland
“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
– Christopher Columbus
“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.”
– Aristotle Onassis
“The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.”
– Jacques Cousteau
“To me, the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim – the rocks – the motion of the waves – the ships, with men in them, What stranger miracles are there?”
– Walt Whitman
“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
“You’re not a wave, you’re a part of the ocean.”
– Mitch Albom
“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.”
– Isak Dinesen
“The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea.”
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.”
– Drew Barrymore
“I love the sea’s sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colors that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the color of the water over white sand, surprises me every time.”
– John Dyer
Short Beach Quotes for Instagram and a Happy Summer with Friends
“To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise.”
– Emilia Wickstead
“I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within – in front of the sea.”
– Rafael Nadal
“On the beach, you can live in bliss.”
– Dennis Wilson
“The waves of the sea help me get back to me.”
– Jill Davis
“I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.”
– Helen Keller
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea.”
– E.E. Cummings
“What is any ocean but a multitude of drops?”
– David Mitchell
“I miss the beach, the peace it brings you. I love the sound and smell of the sea.”
– Genesis Rodriguez
“At the beach – time you enjoyed wasting, is not wasted.”
– T.S. Eliot
“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
“After a visit to the beach, it’s hard to believe that we live in a material world.”
– Pam Shaw
“To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.”
– Jeanne Moreau
“She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.”
– Holly Black
“There is no new wave, only the sea.”
– Claude Chabrol
“I wonder if the ocean smells different on the other side of the world.”
– J.A. Redmerski
“Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.”
– Bob Dylan
“Sunshine is my favorite accessory.”
– Blake Shelton
“I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.”
– T.S. Eliot
“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.”
– Isaac Newton
“Even castles made from sand fall to the ocean.”
– Jimi Hendrix
“Meet me where the sky touches the sea.”
– Jennifer Donnelly
“Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.”
– Ambrose Bierce
“Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence is composed of the same particles.”
– John Tyndall
Funny Beach Quotes for Hilarious Summer Fun
“I honestly think the beach is the only place children actually entertain themselves.”
– Donna McLavy
“Everyone should believe in something. I believe I should go to the beach.”
– Unknown
“If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.”
– Jimmy Buffet
“A pool just isn’t the same as the ocean. It has no energy. No life.”
– Linda Gerber
“I like anywhere with a beach. A beach and warm weather is all I really need.”
– Rob Gronkowski
“In this big ball of people, I’m just one grain of sand on this beach.”
– Aurora
“I’m just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.”
– Don Johnson
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
– Jon Kabat-Zinn
“I have the world’s largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world… perhaps you’ve seen it.”
– Steven Wright
“Mind on a permanent vacation, the ocean is my only medication, wishing my condition isn’t ever going to go away.”
– Jimmy Buffett
“A cloudy day at the beach is still a day at the beach!”
– Unknown
“A wave isn’t like a skate ramp or mountain; everything’s moving around, and you have to time how to move along with it. That’s easier with a slow wave.”
– Kelly Slater
“The beach isn’t always a place, sometimes it’s a feeling.”
– Unknown
“Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt.”
– John Kenneth Galbraith
“We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings.”
– Erma Bombeck
Positive Beach Quotes for Family Time by the Sea
“Don’t grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.”
– Michelle Held
“A beach is not only a sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean.”
– Henry Grunwald
“The beach is definitely where I feel most at home. It’s my oxygen. I forget how much I need it sometimes when I’m away working.”
– Behati Prinsloo
“Every day should be a beach day.”
– Unknown
“My dream is to have a house on the beach, even just a little shack somewhere so I can wake up, have coffee, look at dolphins, be quiet and breathe the air.”
– Christina Applegate
“The true beauty of a woman can be observed when she has spent the day at the beach.”
– Troian Bellisario
“In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand, there is the story of the earth.”
– Rachel Carson
“Nothing beats the simple pleasure of a day at the beach. A drink in hand, the kids building sand castles and then a couple of bratwursts for lunch.”
– Unknown
“You all want to know what my dream is? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.”
– Michelle Bachelet
“A beach is truly home, its broad expanse of sand as welcoming as a mother’s open arms. What’s more, this landscape, which extends as far as the eye can see, always reminds me of possibility.”
– Joan Anderson
“At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.”
– Natalie Wood
“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.”
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“The sea lives in every one of us.”
– Wyland
“Peace is seeing a sunset and knowing who to thank.”
– Amish Proverb
“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.”
– Pamela Hansford Johnson
“Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.”
– Kristen Butler
“The calming movement of the sea along with the restless ocean breeze gently caresses me creating a soothing trance which lulls me to a place of peace.”
– M.L. Borges
Cute and Aesthetic Beach Quotes and Ocean Sayings
“Because 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
“She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.”
– Janet Fitch
“For her the ocean was more than a dream, it was a place she needed to visit to find herself. And when she returned to the city, you could see the sun in her eyes, the wind in her hair, and taste in the infinite salt on her lips.”
– José Chaves
“I believe in the ocean curing all bad moods. I believe in the waves wiping away worries. I believe in seashells bringing good luck. I believe in toes in the sand grounding my soul.”
– Unknown
“Limitless and immortal, the waters are the beginning and end of all things on earth.”
– Heinrich Zimmer
“Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.”
– Haruki Murakami
“The ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and frightened with the memories of the dreams of time.”
– H.P. Lovecraft
“It’s a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.”
– Jeff Bridges
“What I want in a good beach read is sunshine, drama, easy-reading and transportation to another world and other people’s problems.”
– Jane Green
“A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven.”
– H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“My life is like a stroll upon the beach, as near to the ocean’s edge as I can go.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“We need the tonic of wildness… At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest.”
– G.K. Chesterton
“If you feel lonely walking alone on the beach then you are ignoring the friendship of the waves, the seagulls and the wind!”
– Mehmet Murat ildan
“My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.”
– William Goldman
“Sky above, sand below, peace within.”
– Unknown
“I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.”
– Le Testament d’Orphée
“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
“The beautiful colorful stones of the beaches must never forget that they shine because of the waves! Let us always honor the things that turn us into something admirable!”
– Mehmet Murat ildan
“Today was about chasing sun-rays, beach waves and sunsets. All things beautiful that give you peace are worth chasing. Everything else isn’t.”
– April Mae Monterrosa
Want more inspiration for a great summer? Then have a look at these short summer quotes, the inspirational summer quotes in this post and also this one with plenty of funny summer quotes.