World Oceans Day falls every year on June 8 to raise awareness and educate people on the importance of one of Earth’s most vital resources.

The United Nations has called the oceans the “heart of the planet,” as it makes up nearly two-thirds of earth’s surface.

World Ocean Day was first suggested in 1992 during the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. This year, the theme of World Ocean Day is "The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods." Due to the pandemic, all the celebrations conducted by the UN will happen virtually.

Here are 10 quotes and sayings, courtesy Good Reads, to celebrate World Oceans Day.

1. “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

2. "The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness." -- Joseph Conrad

3. “One drop of water helps to swell the ocean. … None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.” -- Hannah More

4. “Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.” -- H.P. Lovecraft

5. “How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly ocean.” -- Arthur C. Clarke

6. “Ocean is a mighty harmonist.” -- William Wordsworth

7. “The least movement is important to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.” -- Blaise Pascal

8. “In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” -- Rachel Carson

9. “The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.” -- Henry Beston

10. “Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.” -- William Arthur Ward

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A sea turtle swims through the lagoon by Lady Elliot Island. IBTimes / Felipe Bascunan
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