River Quotes · Page 80

You must have an iron will, if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains.

— Swami Vivekananda

It is said that some Western steamers can run on a heavy dew, whence we can imagine what a canoe may do.

— Henry David Thoreau

The dotted line my father's ashplant made On Sandymount Strand Is something else the tide won't wash away.

— Seamus Heaney

A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.

— Laura Gilpin

“quit fighting the sails and let the wind move the boat-drift on faith for a while.”

— Lisa Wingate

“The northern side of the island is a sheer granite cliff which sets its jaw stiffly against the ocean below.”

— M.L. Stedman

“So many aspects of nature restore the soul, but for me, being on the water is the most cleansing.”

— Ashley Farley

The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself.

— John Rousmaniere

“Two waves in the ocean are talking to each other, the front wave tells the second wave he's frightened because he is…

— Mitch Albom

After an exhilarating whitewater ride through America's love-hate relationship with its rivers, Daniel McCool leaves us inspired and hopeful for a happy…

— Michael Brune

Its a sea of unsaid words that separate so many. They're sadly standing upon the shore waiting for the tide to change.…

— Anonymous

“If you have a boat to sail, land becomes a choice! If you do not have a boat to sail, land becomes…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Every wave is a water sprite who swims in the current, each current is a path which snakes towards my palace, and…

— Emile Zola

Bodies fall towards the earth as it is in the nature of the earth to attract bodies, just as it is in…

— Brahmagupta

“Life is like water . If we stop at a point it'll start to stink so it must be a steam which…

— Arfa Zainab

“So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“Strong winds create giant waves; strong wills create giant men!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.

— Anonymous

Putting your hand into a river, you simultaneously touch the last of what is passing and the first of what is coming.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.

— Zora Neale Hurston

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Life and water have a unique quality , if you block it from one side, it takes other turn to continue its journey.

— Senoraroy

'As The River Flows' is an important Assamese film with a message for everybody to ponder upon.

— Victor Banerjee

A ship is safe in it's harbor.. but that's not what ships are for.

— Heavy D

“The pain was a river I rode; I could not plant my feet in it or it would knock me down”

— Frances Greenslade

Water astonishing and difficult altogether makes a meadow and a stroke.

— Gertrude Stein

“I write so that my handful of pebbles, cast daily into still waters, will produce a ripple. ”

— Anne Schroeder

“Feelings are much like waves. We can’t stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf. —Jonatan Mårtensson”

— Craig Groeschel

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

— Voltaire

If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.

— Enoch Powell

“Then as it was, then again it will be. Though the course may change sometimes, rivers always reach the sea.”

— Led Zeppelin

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

— Andre Gide

The ocean humbles you. You can go and win a world title, but you're never going to beat the ocean.

— Stephanie Gilmore

“ Ocean , n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.”

— Ambrose Bierce

Time was a face on the water, and like the great river before them, it did nothing but flow.

— Stephen King

Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different…

— Anonymous

“The ocean is never afraid of wind rising against it; it creates beautiful waves instead.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Would you care to walk to the river?” -Miles “I would love to walk anywhere with you." -Amber

— Patricia Grasso

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the…

— Chen Shui-bian

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.

— Lucretius