Swimming Proverbs
Sayings about Swimming
An excellent compilation of proverbs and sayings about Swimming that convey meaningful lessons drawn from life experiences of various Nations, followed by quotations from the world's greatest authors and leaders.The secret in swimming is to know how to take care of your clothes. ~ Spanish Proverb
High climbers and deep swimmers never grow old. ~ German Proverb
To swim and swim more, and be drowned on shore. ~ Spanish Proverb
As soon as stones can swim, leaves will sink. ~ Japanese Proverb
The dog learns to swim when the water reaches his ears. ~ Russian Proverb
Teach an eagle to fly, a dolphin to swim. ~ Latin Proverb
No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~ Russian Proverb
The world is a round gulf, and he who cannot swim must go to the bottom. ~ Spanish Proverb
One cannot learn to swim in a field. ~ Spanish Proverb
It is too late to learn to swim when the water is up to your lips. ~ Danish Proverb
A mule can swim seven different strokes but the moment he sees the water he forgets them all. ~ Armenian Proverb
Either you sink or you swim. ~ Traditional Proverb
As long as the fish swims in the water, don't light up the grill. ~ Russian Proverb
Don't drown the man who taught you to swim. ~ English Proverb
Only in water can you learn to swim. ~ Czechoslovakian Proverb
If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim. ~ Swahili Proverb
It is good to swim near a boat. ~ German Proverb
Fish must swim three times: once in the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach. ~ French Proverb
It is easy to swim, when another holds up your head. ~ Danish Proverb
The young goose is a good swimmer. ~ Arabian Proverb
No man can swim ashore and carry his baggage with him. ~ Latin Proverb
Swim on and don't trust. ~ French Proverb
Don't sell the fish that is still swimming in the ocean. ~ Turkish Proverb
When wine sinks, words swim. ~ Italian Proverb
It is hard to swim against the current. ~ Dutch Proverb
Deep swimmers and high climbers usually don't die in their beds. ~ Dutch Proverb
Quotations about Swimming
We swim because we are too sexy for a sport that requires clothes. ~ Author UnknownWhen the earth floods from global warming, the swimmers will rule the world. ~ Author Unknown
Mainly, I like to have fun. Swimming is all about having fun, and I am firm believer that you should keep swimming as long as you are having fun, but I can say that it becomes much more fun as you get older and learn more about the sport, life, and especially more about yourself. ~ Scott Goldblatt
Each person has his own safe place – running, painting, swimming, fishing, weaving, gardening. The activity itself is less important than the act of drawing on your own resources. ~ Barbara Gordon
The only recorded instance in history of a rat swimming towards a sinking ship. ~ Winston Churchill
Swimming isn’t everything, winning is. ~ Mark Spitz
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. ~ Barbara Sher
Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly. ~ Ian Thorpe
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. ~ Francis Beaumont
Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do. ~ John Oates
He who burns his bridges better be a damn good swimmer. ~ Author Unknown
If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you. ~ Bruce Lee
Enjoy swimming for swimmings sake. We have to spend far too much time in the water to not enjoy the process challenging yourself of moving through the water. ~ Jeff Rouse
If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn’t open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming. ~ Jack Handy
Sometimes God calms the storm. At other times, he calms the sailor. And sometimes he makes us swim. ~ Author Unknown
Water for me is so essential, like swimming. ~ Nastassja Kinski
It’s been told that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don’t see it. We don’t get timeouts, in the middle of a race we can’t stop and catch our breath, we can’t roll on our stomachs and lie there, and we can’t ask for a substitution. ~ Dusty Hicks
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. ~ George Herbert
We cross the stream of life at different places. Some wade through the shallows in a drought, others have to swim across deep waters in a storm. ~ Charles Edward Jerningham
When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you’re either going to sink or you’re going to swim. ~ Tom Cruise
The water is your friend…..you don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move. ~ Alexandr Popov
To me, the sea is like a person — like a child that I’ve known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I’m out there. ~ Gertrude Ederle
Swimming - what real men do while boys play football. ~ Author Unknown
People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground. ~ Marcel Proust
Don’t wait for your ship to come in – swim out to it. ~ Author Unknown
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. ~ W. C. Fields
England always seems to me like a man swimming with his clothes on his head. ~ Henry James
Good swimmers at length are drowned. ~ George Herbert
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson
If the world was flat I'd probably swim off it. ~ Author Unknown
Isn’t having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool? ~ Author Unknown
Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I’m swimming, sometimes I’m not sure which one it is. ~ Demetri Martin
Religion is like holding on to a rock in the middle of a raging river; faith is learning how to swim. ~ Author Unknown
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. ~ Amanda Beard
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream. ~ Malcolm Muggeridge
I always wanted to be Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up. I can’t fly, but swimming is the next best thing. It’s harmony and balance. The water is my sky. ~ Clayton Jones
Survival is the ability to swim in strange water. ~ Frank Herbert
One can read all one wants, and spend eternities in front of a blackboard with a tutor, but one is not going to learn to swim until one gets in the water. ~ David Mamet
You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do. ~ Author Unknown
The person who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. ~ Woodrow T. Wilson
While I’m swimming, I sing songs in my mind. ~ Alexandr Popov
Eat, sleep and swim. That’s all I can do. ~ Michael Phelps
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked. ~ Warren Buffett
Swimming is one of the hardest sports. ~ Stephanie Rice
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement – and we will make the goal. ~ Robert Collier
If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up. ~ Abraham H. Maslow
If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it! ~ Jonathan Winters
Never offer to teach a fish to swim. ~ Author Unknown
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote. ~ Daniel Webster
Like swimming, riding, writing, or playing golf, happiness can be learned. ~ Boris Sokoloff
The Joy of Swimming: A Celebration of Our Love for Getting in the Water. ~ Book preview