Marine Sayings And Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“One cannot scoop up the ocean with a sea shell.”
– Japanese Proverbs

“Too many hands will row the boat up a mountain.”
– Japanese Proverbs

“Where there is fish, there is water.”
– Japanese Proverbs

“And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction. ”
– John Motson

“Each man makes his own shipwreck.”
– Latin Proverbs

“He who is not lucky, let him not go to sea.”
– Latin Proverbs

“No man can swim ashore and carry his baggage with him.”
– Latin Proverbs

“Though near shore, you’re still in the ocean.”
– Malawian Proverb

“Don’t turn the ship for any small vessel unless you see the fear of god in the boater’s eye while he’s frantically pulling his outboard’s rip-cord.”
– Maritime Saying

“I’m hitting the rack. Call anytime just remember… if you need me I don’t need you!”
– Maritime Saying

“Old Master to a young mate: I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong.”
– Maritime Saying

“Smooth sea never made a skilled mariner”
– Maritime Saying

“When the draft of the vessel exceeds the depth of the water, you are aground!”
– Maritime Saying

“You must take the rough with the smooth ”
– Maritime Saying

“The prudent embark when the sea is calm — the rash when it’s stormy.”
– New Zealand Proverb

“There is no wind that blows right for the sailor who doesn’t know where the harbour is.”
– Norwegian Proverb

“Do good and throw it in the sea.”
– Palestinian Proverb

“Ahoy Matey!”
– Pirate Saying

“Dead men don’t bite.”
– Pirate Saying

“Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag.”
– Pirate Saying

“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”
– Pirate Saying

“It is when pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.”
– Pirate Saying

“Life’s pretty good, and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all.”
– Pirate Saying

“Li’ly libbered land lubbers”
– Pirate Saying

“Shiver my timbers!”
– Pirate Saying

“There be treasure in them thar hills”
– Pirate Saying

“Walk the plank”
– Pirate Saying

“Where there is a sea there are pirates.”
– Pirate Saying

“Tell it to the marines”
– Royal Marines Saying

“A boat stands firmer with two anchors.”
– Russian Proverbs

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