Swim Quotes

732 Swim quotes by 575 unique authors

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse within… — Maya Angelou
I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers — Esther Williams
Today I saw cancer, cigarettes, and shortness of breath. This is why I walk to the ocean. Swim with sharks and jellyfish. I may never… — Ryan Ross
People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could. — Gertrude Ederle
Fear represents our need to hang on to the riverbank, to control outcomes, results, our lives; it swims upstream. Truth is about releasing that hold,… — Tom Shadyac
It's like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging. — Mary Daly
I try and direct environmentally . So that people don't feel like everything is going to depend on what happens when someone says, 'Action'. So… — Cameron Crowe
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. — Sam Walton
We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim… — Bethany Hamilton
I stood looking down through the beech trees. When I threw a stone I could count to five before the splash. Then I jumped in… — Alice Oswald
But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats,… — Yasmin Mogahed
Once they arrive, affirmative action kids are generally left to sink or swim academically. Brown (University) offers plenty of counseling and tutoring to struggling students,… — Ron Suskind
Put any two people together and each will seek ways of feeling superior to the other. If a ship went down in the Pacific and… — Michael Foley
We’re all trying to get to the same island, whether you swim, fly, surf, or skydive in, it doesn’t matter. What matters is when the… — Jerry Seinfeld
I am interested in people who swim in the deep end. I want to have conversations about real things with people who have experienced real… — Amy Poehler
A sage once said, ‘How shall I open my heart, oh friend? It is forbidden for me to speak. I am about to die for… — Trevor Hall
If it doesn't swim, run, or fly, or isn't green and grow in the ground, don't eat it. — Charles Poliquin
Every day we're given a choice: We can relax and float in the direction that the water flows, or we can swim hard against it.… — Elizabeth Lesser
Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A… — C.S. Lewis
I often feel like saying, when I hear the question 'People aren't ready,' that it's like telling a person who is trying to swim, 'Don't… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in the silence, and the truth comes to me. — Albert Einstein
Communication is the essential medium of a creative culture: the communal sea in which we all swim. A company that can't communicate is like a… — John Kao
Every animal that walks the earth, or swims, or flies is precious beyond description, something so rare and wonderful that it equals the stars or… — James A. Michener
I wanted to get the fastest time in the world this year, but with everything going on, it's a pretty decent swim, ... I knew… — Michael Phelps
I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd. — Michael Phelps

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