--- title: "8 Arrows Quotes By Gautama Buddha" description: "8 Arrows quotes by Gautama Buddha. Plus more from Gautama Buddha and more Arrows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/gautama-buddha-163_archer_as-irrigators-lead-water-where-they-want_281606.jpg" --- > [As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/as-irrigators-lead-water-where-they-want-as-archers-make-their-arrows/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/gautama-buddha-163_archer_as-irrigators-lead-water-where-they-want_281606.jpg) > [Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/well-makers-lead-the-water-wherever-they-like-fletchers-bend-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/gautama-buddha-163_arrows_well-makers-lead-the-water-wherever-they_634272.jpg) > [As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/as-an-irrigator-guides-water-to-his-fields-as-an-archer-aims-an-arrow/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/gautama-buddha-163_aim_as-an-irrigator-guides-water-to-his-fiel_754351.jpg) > [When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/when-a-man-is-stimulated-by-his-own-thoughts-full-of-desire-and/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf4/gautama-buddha-163_accomplished_when-a-man-is-stimulated-by-his-own-thou_779988.jpg) > [Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/irrigators-channel-waters-fletchers-straighten-arrows-carpenters-bend/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/gautama-buddha-163_arrows_irrigators-channel-waters-fletchers-stra_1029754.jpg) > [As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/as-an-elephant-in-the-battlefield-withstands-arrows-shot-from-bows/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/gautama-buddha-163_abuse_as-an-elephant-in-the-battlefield-withst_1612470.jpg) > [As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/as-the-fletcher-whittles-and-makes-straight-his-arrows-so-the-master/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/gautama-buddha-163_arrows_as-the-fletcher-whittles-and-makes-strai_1751604.jpg) > [The good shine from afar Like the snowy Himalayas. The bad don't appear Even when near, Like arrows shot into the night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-good-shine-from-afar-like-the-snowy-himalayas-the-bad-don-t/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/gautama-buddha-163_afar_the-good-shine-from-afar-like-the-snowy_1988767.jpg) ## Other authors on Arrows ## More by Gautama Buddha > [Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/before-you-ve-seen-it-and-when-you-first-see-it-it-is-the-greatest/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-of-his-students-asked-buddha-are-you-the-messiah-no-answered/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/give-thanks-for-what-had-been-given-to-you-however-little-be-pure/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/for-fear-of-causing-terror-to-living-beings-mahamati-let-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/be-lamps-unto-yourselves-be-refuges-unto-yourselves-take-yourself-no/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/speak-only-the-speech-that-neither-torments-self-nor-does-harm-to/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Pain is the outcome of sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/pain-is-the-outcome-of-sin/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/it-is-because-i-perceive-the-danger-in-the-practice-of-mystic-wonders/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/so-too-monks-i-saw-the-ancient-path-the-ancient-road-traveled-by-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/if-one-is-the-master-of-oneself-one-is-the-resort-one-can-depend-on/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/watch-the-thought-and-its-ways-with-care-and-let-it-spring-from-love/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-is-not-low-because-of-birth-nor-does-birth-make-one-holy-deeds/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/he-who-causes-suffering-shall-suffer-there-is-no-escape/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/if-a-person-does-not-harm-any-living-being-and-does-not-kill-or-cause/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-fool-says-these-are-my-sons-this-is-my-land-this-is-my-money-in/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrows/gautama-buddha/#itemlist", "name": "8 Arrows Quotes By Gautama Buddha", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gautama Buddha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/as-irrigators-lead-water-where-they-want-as-archers-make-their-arrows/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/gautama-buddha-163_archer_as-irrigators-lead-water-where-they-want_281606.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/gautama-buddha-163_archer_as-irrigators-lead-water-where-they-want_281606.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/gautama-buddha-163_archer_as-irrigators-lead-water-where-they-want_281606.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood…” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gautama Buddha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/well-makers-lead-the-water-wherever-they-like-fletchers-bend-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/gautama-buddha-163_arrows_well-makers-lead-the-water-wherever-they_634272.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/gautama-buddha-163_arrows_well-makers-lead-the-water-wherever-they_634272.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/gautama-buddha-163_arrows_well-makers-lead-the-water-wherever-they_634272.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood…” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gautama Buddha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/as-an-irrigator-guides-water-to-his-fields-as-an-archer-aims-an-arrow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/gautama-buddha-163_aim_as-an-irrigator-guides-water-to-his-fiel_754351.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/gautama-buddha-163_aim_as-an-irrigator-guides-water-to-his-fiel_754351.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/gautama-buddha-163_aim_as-an-irrigator-guides-water-to-his-fiel_754351.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise…” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even more. 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