--- title: "9 Paddle Canoe Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 9 Paddle Canoe quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Paddle Canoe sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/katharine-hepburn-2026_addiction_as-one-goes-through-life-one-learns-that_1177236.jpg" --- > [As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-hepburn/as-one-goes-through-life-one-learns-that-if-you-don-t-paddle-your-own/) [Katharine Hepburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-hepburn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/katharine-hepburn-2026_addiction_as-one-goes-through-life-one-learns-that_1177236.jpg) > [“Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/english-slogan/love-many-trust-few-always-paddle-your-own-canoe/) English Slogan [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/english-slogan-236082_canoe_love-many-trust-few-always-paddle-your-o_800164.jpg) > [“Know Many Trust a Few But Always Paddle your Own Canoe”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harmony-kent/know-many-trust-a-few-but-always-paddle-your-own-canoe/) Harmony Kent [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/harmony-kent-90920_canoe_know-many-trust-a-few-but-always-paddle_51774.jpg) > [Voyage upon life's sea, To yourself be true, And, whatever your lot may be, Paddle your own canoe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bolton/voyage-upon-life-s-sea-to-yourself-be-true-and-whatever-your-lot-may/) Sarah Bolton [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/sarah-bolton-276269_life_voyage-upon-life-s-sea-to-yourself-be-tr_1721159.jpg) > [“Don't wait for others to, paddle your own canoe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-wait-for-others-to-paddle-your-own-canoe/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/anonymous-1_quote_don-t-wait-for-others-to-paddle-your-own_1543978.jpg) > [To live life without hope is like to refuse to paddle a canoe at the centre of the ocean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-live-life-without-hope-is-like-to-refuse-to-paddle-a-canoe-at-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_canoe_to-live-life-without-hope-is-like-to-ref_2330634.jpg) > [Voyager upon life's sea, To yourself be true, And whate'er your lot may be, Paddle your own canoe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/voyager-upon-life-s-sea-to-yourself-be-true-and-whate-er-your-lot-may-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/anonymous-1_being-single_voyager-upon-life-s-sea-to-yourself-be-t_1607273.jpg) > [“Voyager upon life's sea, To yourself be true, And whate'er your lot may be, Paddle your own canoe . . ." Harper's Magazine - May 1854”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/voyager-upon-life-s-sea-to-yourself-be-true-and-whate-er-your-lot-may/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/sarah-t-bolton-160646_inspirational_voyager-upon-life-s-sea-to-yourself-be-t_1410978.jpg) > [“Very tough, but it is that very struggle with obstacles which does us good. Things have been made easy for you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/very-tough-but-it-is-that-very-struggle-with-obstacles-which-does-us/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/louisa-may-alcott-318_bad-habit_very-tough-but-it-is-that-very-struggle_1531119.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/paddle-canoe/#itemlist", "name": "Paddle Canoe Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Katharine Hepburn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-hepburn/as-one-goes-through-life-one-learns-that-if-you-don-t-paddle-your-own/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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