Rain is a blessing when it falls gently on parched fields…

“Rain is a blessing if it gives its place to Sun after a fair while; Sun is a blessing if it gives its place…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

I gave my heart to the mountains the minute I stood beside this river with its spray in my face and watched it thunder…

— Wallace Stegner

Children of a culture born in a water-rich environment, we have never really learned how important water is to us. We understand it, but…

— William Ashworth

Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

To trace the history of a river or a raindrop is also to trace the history of the soul, the history of the mind…

— Gretel Ehrlich

The music was as much a gift as sunshine, as rain, as any blessing ever prayed for.

— Bebe Moore Campbell

The destruction of aquatic ecosystem health, and the increasing water scarcity, are in my opinion the most pressing environmental problems facing human kind.

— Maude Barlow

Water, the Hub of Life. Water is its mater and matrix, mother and medium. Water is the most extraordinary substance! Practically all its properties…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Life is water, dancing to the tune of solids.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house…

— Virginia Woolf

I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns.

— Ezra Taft Benson

The wars of the twenty-first century will be fought over water.

— Ismail Serageldin

Every human should have the idea of taking care of the environment, of nature, of water. So using too much or wasting water should…

— Dalai Lama

Water is being depleted many, many times faster than nature can replenish it.

— Maude Barlow