Whether you're planning a quick getaway or a dream vacation, these quotes will make you want to escape to an island.
As you read through these Instagram-worthy quotes about island life, paradise, and even tropical captions, get ready for adventures and memories to last a lifetime.
Island and Paradise Quotes
Stay away from everything with or without reason. Whether you need to relax, unwind, or change your scenery, living on a tropical island is what you need.
"It's better to have your head in the clouds and know where you are... than to breathe the cleaner atmosphere below and think you're in paradise." -Henry David Thoreau
"Paradise is not a place, it is a state of mind." –Frank Sonenberg
"Caring for a permvacation, the ocean is my only medicine and I hope that my condition never disappears. –Jimmy Buffett
"The beach is not a place to work, read, write or think." – Anne Marrow Lindbergh
"How I wish there was an island somewhere for those who are wise and of good will." -Albert Einstein
"Take me toOcean. Let me sail in the open sea. Breathing in the warm, salty air and dreaming of things." —Erica Billups
"Islands are natural evolutionary workshops." -Richard Dawkins
"Everyone knew that all islands are worlds unto themselves, that to reach an island is to reach another world." -Guy Gabriel Kay
"I feel that we are all islands, in a common sea." -Anne Marrow Lindbergh
"No one is an island alone; each man is a piece of dry land, a part of the main body." –John Donne
"Life is an island. People leave the sea, cross the island and return to the sea. But this short life is long and beautiful. – Martiros Saryan
"The little islands are all big prisons; you can't look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow." –Sir Richard Francis Burton
“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
"The higher the island of knowledge, the higher the coast of wonder." –Ralph Washington Sockman
"Knowledge is an island surrounded by a sea of mysteries." –Chet Raymo
"Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos can shift the entire system to a higher order." -Barbara Marx Hubbard
"Would you like to learn the secret of the sea? Only he who braves its dangers understands its secret!" –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The sea does not reward those who are too fearful, too greedy, or too impatient. It must be empty, open and random.slope– waiting for a gift from the sea.” –Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"The beauty and mystery of the ocean fill our lives with wonders beyond our imagination." —ML. Borges
"When you grow up on an island, it depends on how you relate to the sea." -Roddy Doyle
"If you are in one of theCaribbean IslandsSometimes it's hard to imagine how they all fit together, but when you see them all together like a necklace from space, you can see the natural geographic connection between them all." —Chris Hadfield
"I love living my life in flip flops. I met a guy on the islands a while back who told me he hadn't worn a pair of shoes in three years. I was like, 'Man, that's life!'" — kenny chesney
tropical vibes instagram captions
Any of these quotes would be the perfect caption for your memories.
"A pineapple a day takes care." -A stranger
"Tropical state of mind". -A stranger
"Living in Island Time". -A stranger
“The ocean is all I want to be. Beautiful, mysterious, wild and free." - A stranger
"Good vibes rise with the tides." -A stranger
"Book the ticket, buy the bikini, never look back." -A stranger
"Days on the Island, Hiking on the Island, Surfing,sun and sunbeams." -A stranger
"Be a pineapple: stand tall, wear a crown, and be sweet on the inside." -A stranger
"Palm trees, sea breeze, salt air, tan hair, endless summer, take me there." –Vanessa Rodriguez
"Changes in latitude, changes in attitude". –Jimmy Buffett
"Paradise found." - A stranger
"Sea life". -A stranger
"In an island state." -A stranger
"We may be a small island, but we are not a small town." – Eduardo Heide
"Umbrella drinks and island time. Perfection." -A stranger
"I'm in paradise. Are you making water?" -A stranger
"Cold coconuts and palm trees." -A stranger
"Pineapple Cravings and Tropical Dreams." -A stranger
"Take only memories, leave only footprints." - Chief Seattle
"Passages and Tropical Beaches". -A stranger
"Dear tropical island, I think of you all the time." -A stranger
"Sun. Sea. Salt." -A stranger
"Dreams are made of sun, sand and coconuts." -A stranger
"Life happens, coconuts help." -A stranger
"The two basic things needed to sustain life are sunlight and coconut milk." -A stranger
"The tan will fade, but the memories will last forever." -A stranger
"You are the pineapple of my colada." -A stranger
"A mai tai with pineapple. It's like avacation in a mug!” —Katie Lee
"The only worry in the world is that the tide rises up to my chair." –Zac Brown Band
Island lovers quotes
Some things are so much sweeter when shared with others. Things like adventure, food, life, and even love. These love island quotes are for those with an open heart.
"If you look at me, if you think of me, I'm in heaven." —William Makepeace Thakeray
"Islands are metaphors for the heart, no matter how much the poet says otherwise." –Jeanette Winterson
"Every man is an island and every heart is looking for a ferry to cross the main road." – Mykyta Isagulov
"Enjoy the sunsets, the wild creatures and the wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth." —Stewart Udall
"Love and eggs are at their best when they're fresh." —Russian proverb
"The heart of a man is very similar to the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides, and in its depths it has its pearls." -Vincent van Gogh
"I know that in your heart I am only summer and not the entire four seasons." - Edna street. vincent millay
"Love can send us to hell or to heaven, but it always gets us somewhere." -Paulo Coelho
"When the heart speaks, its language is the same in all latitudes." -Ella Maillart
Inspirational/Motivational Island Life Quotes
Here are some quotes to help you navigate these rough waters of life.
"Stay alone with the sea, because there you will find answers to questions you didn't know existed." –Khang Kijarro Nguyen
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean get dirty, the ocean doesn't get dirty." -Mahatma Gandhi
"You can't cross the sea just by standing and looking at the water." –Dena Haines
“Your life is an island separate from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many ships you send to other shores or how many ships reach your shores, you yourself are an island, divided by your own sorrows, isolated in your happiness. –Khalil Gibran
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." –Jon Kabat-Zinn
“You have to live in the present, ride each wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stay on their island of opportunity and look to another island. There is no other land, there is no other life but this”. -Henry David Thoreau
"A calm sea never produced a talented sailor." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The sage makes himself an island that no tide can submerge." – Gautama Buddha
“Make an island, make your refuge; there is no other shelter. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.” -Buddha
"The best thing about an island is that when you get there you can't go any further... you've come to the end of things..." - Agatha Christie
"We are like islands in the sea, separated on the surface but connected below." -William James
"Our knowledge is a small island in a great ocean of ignorance." – Isaac Bashevis Singer
"I must be where the wind and water are free" -Jimmy Buffett
"Advice from a palm tree: bask in the sun, stand tall and proud, remember your roots, drink plenty of water, be content with your beauty and enjoy the view." -A stranger
""Love the life you live, live the life you love." —Bob Marley
Fun and funny tropical quotes.
Laughing is good for the soul. A smile shines for miles. As you enjoy your escape to paradise physically or mentally, delight in the smiles and laughter.
"I miss being in abeach vacationand never knowing what day of the week it is." —Vanessa Rodríguez
"Leave your worries under the palm trees." -A stranger
"Watch more sunsets than Netflix." -A stranger
"When life gives you lemons, sell them and buy a pineapple." —Davin Turney
"Goodbye for now." -A stranger
"Shell, yes." -A stranger
"Tropical like it's hot." -A stranger
"Island days are the most beautiful days." -A stranger
"I have onepalm tropical paradisemy hand." - Unknown
"Shake the palms of the hands." -A stranger
"Life is a tropical beach." -A stranger
"Let's peel." -A stranger
"Just hold the palm." -A stranger
"Sunset Hunter". -A stranger
"When the sky turns pink, it's time to drink." -A stranger
"Who painted the sky?" -A stranger
These island vacation quotes can help turn a bad day into a good one.