River Quotes · Page 80

“Emotions And Feelings In Life Are Like Water In The Ocean Which Will Never Dry”

— Sweetnida

Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.

— Florence Nightingale

“He picked up a pebble and threw it onto the solid lake where it bounded and rebounded on the surface of the…

— Alexia Praks

“When you dive into the sea, you are diving into the origin of us all.”

— Peter Godfrey-Smith

“Things that come with the fog: horseshoe crabs, tall ships, and wandering hearts.”

— M. Kei

“We who would seek new land must be willing to sacrifice the sight of shore for a long, long time.”

— André Gide

A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for.

— Katie Couric

If you are in a boat, make sure that you have set your direction.

— Ky Vanchhay

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and…

— James Taylor

“SHOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A CHRONICALLY LEAKING BOAT, ENERGY DEVOTED TO CHANGING VESSELS IS LIKELY TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN ENERGY…

— Warren Buffett

“Well, you know how a river moves a mountain.” The words surprised me at first, but I knew where they were coming…

— Lisa Wingate

There's magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams…

— Herman Melville

If a stick is floating down a river and gets stuck, it doesn't need years of therapy. It just needs a little…

— Michael Neill

“Don’t you know that there ain’t no mountain high enough. Ain’t no valley low enough, ain’t no river wide enough. To keep…

— Marvin Gaye

If you see a river running smoothly, it's because someone has drowned in it, and if it's raging, it means that it's…

— Florence Welch

Water is the most powerful thing in the world. Just being in it, around it, it gives me some sort of peace.…

— John Collins

Don't push the river, it will flow. Don't push the love, it will grow.

— Horla

Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn.

— Robert Greene

“In my land we don't question someone who has been touched deeply. There is no malign shadow over capsized boats.”

— René Char

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

— Cordell Hull

Life's like sailing. You better enjoy the journey instead of just waiting to reach the destination.

— Anonymous

The red washing down the bathtub can’t change the color of the sea at all.

— Derrick C. Brown

“The spark of consciousness is reflected in the river, where a dance of infinite faces lined in profane lights.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

Let go and let the river carry you to a new adventure by the way you experience your life.

— Ritu Ghatourey

“you don’t have any choice but to quit fighting the sails and let the wind move the boat—drift on faith for a…

— Lisa Wingate

the mighty main sea is the begetter of clouds and winds and rivers.

— Anaximenes of Miletus

“The ship’s knowledge extended to navigation, to the handling of weather and awareness of necessary maintenance.”

— Robin Hobb

Every so often something shatters like ice and we are in the river of our existence. We are aware.

— Louise Erdrich

“The river wears away the rock to get to the ocean … so it is with the soul in search of its creator.”

— L.G. Space

The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.

— Abby Sunderland

He that had never seen a river, imagined the first he met with to be the sea.

— Michel de Montaigne

Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the winds and the tides.

— Gene Tierney

“A drop in the bucket, a tear in the ocean, you’ve been treading cold water, memorizing the motion just to stay afloat.”

— Kris Kidd

There's a lot of water in everything I've ever written. There's always oceans and pools.

— Jane Alison

The river knows the way to the sea: Without a pilot it runs and falls, Blessing all lands with its charity.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back.

— Dacia Maraini

“Every piece of ice is inevitable ordained to melt in its own water.”

— Swades

“Just because the boat rocks doesn't mean it's time to jump overboard.”

— Suzanne Woods Fisher

Life is like an ocean. It can be calm or still and rough or rigid. But in the end, it's always beautiful.

— Justice Cabral

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the sea.

— Rachel Carson