--- title: "16 Life River Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Life River quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Life River sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/kamal-ravikant-8779_advice_life-is-a-river-a-wise-friend-told-me-it_2094031.jpg" --- > [“Life is a river," a wise friend told me. "It's flowing. You're never at the same place twice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamal-ravikant/life-is-a-river-a-wise-friend-told-me-it-s-flowing-you-re-never-at/) [Kamal Ravikant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamal-ravikant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/kamal-ravikant-8779_advice_life-is-a-river-a-wise-friend-told-me-it_2094031.jpg) > [There are so many traps. There are so many opportunities. Life is a river and we take our boat and we go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-so-many-traps-there-are-so-many-opportunities-life-is-a/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/frederick-lenz-8_boat_there-are-so-many-traps-there-are-so-man_1329574.jpg) > [The life of every river sings its own song, but in most the song is long marred by the discords of misuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldo-leopold/the-life-of-every-river-sings-its-own-song-but-in-most-the-song-is/) [Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldo-leopold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/aldo-leopold-1278_discord_the-life-of-every-river-sings-its-own-so_1617189.png) > [Life is a river always flowing. do not hold onto things. work hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-a-river-always-flowing-do-not-hold-onto-things-work-hard/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/anonymous-1_hard-work_life-is-a-river-always-flowing-do-not-ho_1708635.jpg) > [Life, the river of the Spirit, consenting to anguish and sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/life-the-river-of-the-spirit-consenting-to-anguish-and-sorrow/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ab/sri-aurobindo-1257_anguish_life-the-river-of-the-spirit-consenting_1604813.png) > [“Life is a river,' he once told me, 'and we all have to find a boat that floats.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thad-carhart/life-is-a-river-he-once-told-me-and-we-all-have-to-find-a-boat-that/) [Thad Carhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thad-carhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/thad-carhart-75184_life_life-is-a-river-he-once-told-me-and-we-a_2171007.jpg) > [What I do know is that if we are born again, I will meet you in another life, and if there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/what-i-do-know-is-that-if-we-are-born-again-i-will-meet-you-in/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/cassandra-clare-9_another-life_what-i-do-know-is-that-if-we-are-born-ag_2586086.jpg) > [“We are all in the same boat, boat of life. Does not seem to be a rudder with oarsman. Perhaps my words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-trabold/we-are-all-in-the-same-boat-boat-of-life-does-not-seem-to-be-a-rudder/) [Robert Trabold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-trabold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/robert-trabold-59588_current_we-are-all-in-the-same-boat-boat-of-life_548540.jpg) > [“The river is one of my favorite metaphors, the symbol of the great flow of Life Itself. The river begins at Source,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-anderson/the-river-is-one-of-my-favorite-metaphors-the-symbol-of-the-great/) [Jeffrey R. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/jeffrey-r-anderson-27339_cosmology_the-river-is-one-of-my-favorite-metaphor_1410288.jpg) > [“Life is not a series of isolated ponds and puddles; life is this river you see below, before you. It flows from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/life-is-not-a-series-of-isolated-ponds-and-puddles-life-is-this-river/) [Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/wally-lamb-1817_life_life-is-not-a-series-of-isolated-ponds-a_724886.png) > [“If life were a river, she’d found her shore. If life were an ocean, she’d found her moon. And if life could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-burch/if-life-were-a-river-she-d-found-her-shore-if-life-were-an-ocean-she/) [Heather Burch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-burch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/116/heather-burch-10119_life_if-life-were-a-river-she-d-found-her-sho_493673.jpg) > [“It is all connected Dominick," she said. "Life is not a series of isolated ponds & puddles; life is this river you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/it-is-all-connected-dominick-she-said-life-is-not-a-series-of/) [Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/wally-lamb-1817_life_it-is-all-connected-dominick-she-said-li_1781048.jpg) > [Life is a river. It just keeps going on and on. You always think its so small, but the it opens up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie/life-is-a-river-it-just-keeps-going-on-and-on-you-always-think-its-so/) [Charlie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/charlie-58207_faith_life-is-a-river-it-just-keeps-going-on-a_1977151.jpg) > [To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-clemons/to-me-music-is-a-river-i-have-lived-my-life-beside-the-river-every/) [Clarence Clemons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-clemons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/clarence-clemons-7955_day_to-me-music-is-a-river-i-have-lived-my-l_2638406.jpg) > [The river, for example, is the living symbol of all the life it sustains or nourishes - fish, aquatic insects, water ouzels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-douglas/the-river-for-example-is-the-living-symbol-of-all-the-life-it/) [William O. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/william-o-douglas-2931_animal_the-river-for-example-is-the-living-symb_641400.jpg) > [“Life is a river. Life is not the mountain which speaks of struggle, nor the ocean that speaks of depths unknown. Life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/life-is-a-river-life-is-not-the-mountain-which-speaks-of-struggle-nor/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/c-joybell-c-471_life_life-is-a-river-life-is-not-the-mountain_762357.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-river/#itemlist", "name": "Life River Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life is a river,\" a wise friend told me. \"It's flowing. 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