Water Quotes
You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.Heraclitus, On the Universe
Into this Universe, and Why not knowing Nor Whence, like Water, willy - Nilly flowing And out of it, as Wind along the Waste, I know not Wither, willy - Nilly blowing.Omar Khayym
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.Yiddish Prove
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.Leonardo da Vinci
Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Iron rusts from disuse water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.Leonardo DaVinci
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.Carl Schurz
Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back.Edgar Lee Masters
Describing her first day back in grade school after a long absence, a teacher said, It was like trying to hold 35 corks under water at the same time.Mark Twain
Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon.Archibald Cox
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.Carl Reine
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - - Like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash Be water my friend.Bruce Lee
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water.Latin Prove
A man may well bring a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink.John Heywood
Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.W. C. Fields
A fool and water will go the way they are diverted.African Prove
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.G. K. Chesterton
I row after health like a waterman...Jonathan Swift
The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth.Thich Nhat Hanh
What is harder than rock, or softer than water Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.Ovid
Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet but one of the most vital.Kelly Barton
The mountains, I become a part of it... The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters, I become a part of it.Navajo Chant
Water is the only drink for a wise man.Henry David Thoreau
You are 87% water; the other 13% keeps you from drowning.P. E. Morris
My friend I consider you my brother. I know we are not blood, and blood is thicker than water, but your body already has all the blood it needs. You will always need water.Eric Pio
Upon those who step into the same rivers different and ever different waters flow down.Heraclitus of Ephesus
Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.W. C. Fields
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.John Dryden
In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.Christina Rossetti, A Christmas Carol
People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.James Arthur Baldwin
Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.African Prove
When you drink the water, remember the spring.Chinese Prove
When the water reaches the upper level, follow the rats.Claude Swanson
The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.Robert Fulghum, It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams. They have different names but all contain water. Religions have different names, but all contain truth.Muhammad Ali
