Inspirational island quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
Famous Island Quotes
It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise. Henry David Thoreau
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. John Donne
Paradise is not a place, it’s a state of mind. Frank Sonnenberg
How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will. Albert Einstein
Mind on a permanent vacation, the ocean is my only medication, wishing my condition isn’t ever going to go away. Jimmy Buffett
Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness Khalil Gibran
The beach is not a place to work; to read, write or to think. Anne Marrow Lindbergh
Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. Richard Burton
How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will. Albert Einstein
Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Take me to the ocean. Let me sail the open sea. To breathe the warm and salty air and dream of things to be. Erica Billups
Islands are reminders of arrivals and departures. Gretel Ehrlich
Islands are natural workshops of evolution. Richard Dawkins
The brain is an island in an osmotically homogeneous sea. Francis Daniels Moore
Everyone knew that all islands were worlds unto themselves, that to come to an island was to come to another world. Guy Gavriel Kay
The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm. Gautama Buddha
I feel we are all islands in a common sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. John Donne
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. Ralf W. Sockman
Life is an island. People come out of the sea, cross the island, and return to the sea. But this short life is long and beautiful. In getting to know nature man exalts the wonder and beauty of life. Martiros Saryan
Islands are metaphors of the heart, no matter what poet says otherwise. Jeanette Winterson
Little islands are all large prisons; one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. Sir Richard Francis Burton
We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards. John W. Gardner
We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance. John Archibald Wheeler
Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos can shift the whole system to a higher order. Barbara Marx Hubbard
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. Ralph Washington Sockman
Each man is an island unto himself. But though a sea of difference may divide us, an entire world of commonality lies beneath. James Rozoff
Knowledge is an island surrounded by a sea of mystery. Chet Raymo
Islands are havens and breeding grounds for the unique and anomalous. They are natural laboratories of extravagant evolutionary experimentation. David Quammen
Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos can shift the whole system to a higher order. Barbara Marx Hubbard
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge. Buddha
Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Man is like an island set in isolation in a fathomless sea enveloped by darkness, saying that the loneliness himself knows is so utterly absolute because even he knows not his self completely. Syed Muhammad Naquib al Attas
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
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself. Denis Waitley
The beauty and mystery of the ocean fill our lives with wonders, vast beyond our imagination. M.L. Borges
Islands are natural workshops of evolution.Richard Dawkins
When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea. Roddy Doyle
Every island to a child is a treasure island. P. D. James
When you’re on one of the Caribbean islands, sometimes it’s hard to picture how they fit with the rest, but when you see them all joined together like a necklace from space, you see the natural geographic connectedness of them all. Chris Hadfield
All men are islands, surrounded by the bottomless oceans of unthinking night. Charles Stross
I love living my life in flip flops. I met a guy in the islands a while ago who told me he hadn’t worn a pair of shoes in three years! I thought, ‘Man, that’s the life! Kenny Chesney
We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep. William James
Paradise found.
No man is an island. You can ask people for help and they can ask for your help in return. Mr Hudson
Sea la vie.
Best of an island is once you get there you can’t go any farther you’ve come to the end of things. Agatha Christie
In an island state of mind.
Everyone knew that all islands were worlds unto themselves, that to come to an island was to come to another world. Guy Gavriel Kay
We may be a small island, but we are not a small people. Edward Heath
It takes a lifetime to discover Greece, but it only takes an instant to fall in love with her. Henry Miller
Umbrella drinks and island time. Perfection
We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts have their roots in Greece. Le Corbusier
I’m in paradise. Water you doing?
You can’t swing a cat in ancient Greece without hitting at least one of Zeus’s ex girlfriends. Rick Riordan
Cold coconuts and palm trees.
We approached Athens from the north in early twilight, climbing a hill. When we reached its peak, we were dazzled to look down and see the Acropolis struck by one beam of the setting sun, as if posing for a picture. Donald Hall
Pineapple wishes and tropical dreams.
Today, to walk along the pebbled pathways of a traditional Greek mountain village or the marbled streets of an ancient Acropolis is to step back in time. Laura Brooks
Take only memories, leave only footprints. Chief Seattle
A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven. H. Jackson Brown Jr
Passports and tropical beaches.
The ocean is everything I want to be. Beautiful, mysterious, wild and free.
Dear tropical island, I think about you all the time.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sun. Sea. Salt.
A simple life is good with me. I don’t need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I’m happy. Yanni
Dreams are made of sun, sand, and coconuts.
Give me coffee to change the things I can, and the beach to accept the things I can’t
Life happens, coconuts help
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
The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.
When you’re on one of the Caribbean islands, sometimes it’s hard to picture how they fit with the rest, but when you see them all joined together like a necklace from space, you see the natural geographic connectedness of them all. Canadian Astronaut, Chris Hadfield
The tan will fade, but the memories will last forever.
Let the waves hit your feet, and the sand be your seat.
You are the piña to my colada.
Every island to a child is a treasure island. P. D. James
A Mai Tai with a pineapple. It’s like a vacation in a glass! Katie Lee
You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. Christopher Columbus
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair. Zac Brown Band
Good vibes happen on the tides.
