River Quotes

1549 River quotes by 1049 unique authors

The river was always there inside of me, but I was very shy. I could see that this was my path. I felt destiny in… — Paula Cole
The river where you set your foot just now is gone-those waters give way to this, now this. — Heraclitus
The seed must move to the soil; the tree must turn to the sun. The river must leave its source to reach the sea. And… — Harry Hooton
The deep parts of my life pour onward, as if the river shores were opening out. I feel closer to what language can't reach. With… — Rainer Maria Rilke
To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream. — Lafcadio Hearn
When I was young, I believed that life might unfold in an orderly way, according to my hopes and expectations. But now I understand that… — Socrates
Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow...they have form… — Sun Tzu
At the beginning of meditation training thoughts will arrive one on top of another, uninterrupted, like a steep mountain waterfall. Gradually, as you perfect meditation,… — Sogyal Rinpoche
The soul is the river of energy that animates who we are. — Elizabeth Lesser
I know a painting so evanescent that it is seldom viewed at all except by some wandering deer. It is a river who wields the… — Aldo Leopold
The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always… — Rosita Forbes
And what did the banks do to earn this perpetually flowing river of wealth? Did they lend out their own capital obtained through investment of… — G. Edward Griffin
I like to interpret 'Call me a River', as if I'm saying, 'Now you're telling me you love me after all that, and I'm telling… — Diana Krall
Speaking of River City in The Music Man & his home town, Mason City, Iowa: I didn't have to make up anything. I simply remembered… — Meredith Willson
In him converge all previous streams of tendency, not as into a pool, stagnant, passive, motionless, but as a noble river that received its tributary… — Johannes Brahms
There is an Indian fable of three beings who drank from a river: one was a god, and he drank ambrosia; one was a man,… — Joseph Campbell
It is self-evident that St. Louis affected me more deeply than any other environment has ever done. I feel that there is something in having… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I know a lot of people who are philosophers and they sit by the river and talk about what that underwater world might look like.… — Stana Katic
Today, the first & last of every Tree/ Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River. — Maya Angelou
Wake up Lovers, It is time to start the Journey! Let us kiss the ground & flow like a river towards the Ocean. Only love… — Unknown Author
Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It's like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over… — Charles Bukowski
I need to take a sacred pause, as if I were a sun warmed rock in the center of a rushing river. — Dawna Markova
I'd like to refocus everyone's attention away from the Kardashians and onto Doctors Without Borders or aid workers. Let's redefine scandal. Scandal is not who… — Olivia Wilde
I identify with someone wanting something to work out, but not being able to get through the rocks to the river. — Emile Hirsch
I live in a van, down by the river! — Chris Farley

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