River Quotes · Page 62

Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.

— Robert Southwell

The most powerful of men can fail when they forget that a mighty river can be crossed at its source.

— Clarence H. Burns

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.

— Jeff Bridges

“What is it that brings me here to stand like a rock in this river of sound?”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer

Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.

— James Russell Lowell

You cannot walk on the water of hunger, misery, and death. You have to wade through to record them.

— Don McCullin

Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare, But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.

— Anonymous

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

— William Falconer

“The strange thing about ships is despite them being crowded and stinky and at the mercy of Nature, most times they are…

— Louis Nowra

The Cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river. I mean here that over the…

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Nothing is forever, but there's a continuing stream of people who go through our lives and continue with us... Nothing just stops…

— Danielle Steel

“Sometimes he tries to catch her, wading frantically through earth that has turned to water, or sometimes through air. Sometimes she tries…

— Colin Greenland

In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the…

— John Selden

“He used to often say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Luckily, though, there are still a few guys around who will look you straight in the eye and say, eloquently and to…

— John Gierach

The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber margin,…

— Yvor Winters

I can remember that on the shelves at home, there were these books by Thomas Wolfe. 'Look Homeward Angel' and 'Of Time…

— Tom Wolfe

“Water knows no boundary. Though we may draw it on a map, say this is where the water starts and where it…

— Thomas Lloyd Qualls

“Foolish man, what do you bemoan, and what do you fear? Wherever you look there is an end of evils. You see…

— Anonymous

The Indian navigator naturally distinguishes by a name those parts of a stream where he has encountered quick water and forks, andagain,…

— Henry David Thoreau

I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with…

— Zaha Hadid

“Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail…

— Zora Neale Hurston

We don't tend to ask where a lake comes from. It lies before us, contained and complete, tantalizing in its depth but…

— John Daniel

“More and more, paddling the Yellowstone feels like that bedside visit, like we are attending to a friend in dire straits, a…

— Alan S. Kesselheim

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general…

— Henrik Ibsen

The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.

— Anonymous

If you stand by the river long enough, you'll see the body of your enemy float by.

— Sun Tzu

We don't have to look for what the next thing will be. If experience is any judge, it'll come flowing toward us…

— Stephen Colbert

Supa calafragiilistic expealidotious, chino is the dopest worken water like moses.

— Yung Joc

“A river of Whites flowed five hundred feet wide, shoulder to shoulder, back to chest, running and angry. They”

— Bobby Adair

“Life is a river,' he once told me, 'and we all have to find a boat that floats.”

— Thad Carhart

It is Possible to Cross an Ocean Without Wetting Legs.. But It is Impossible to Cross the Life Without Wetting Your Eyes.

— Anonymous

You know what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash.

— Bill Maher

“To the shore, to the lake, to anyplace where there are waves and ice cream and umbrellas.”

— Hazel Woods

You throw a rock in the water, and ripples spread out slowly. But they do go far.

— Sebastian Koch

We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river.

— Knute Nelson

Ships are safe in harbour, but that's not what ships are made for.

— Anonymous

When we are young we are like a flowing river - and then we freeze.

— Kurt Lewin

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.

— Tony Parsons

It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.

— Lucretius