Rivers Quotes

1778 Rivers quotes by 1144 unique authors

Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers. — Heraclitus
Everything changes but change itself. Everything flows and nothing remains the same... You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters and yet… — Heraclitus
When you were born, the rivers dried up and the cattle in Rockingham County wept blood. — Maggie Stiefvater
The terrible, cold, cruel part is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and death comes with it. There, as… — Federico Garcia Lorca
...seen from above, landscapes are made up of mountains and watercourses. Just as a transparent model of the human body consists of a framework of… — Reinhold Messner
How I want to see the mountains, rivers, sunshine, and ruined fortresses! Let the wind course over us until we become beautiful — Mian Mian
Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so… — Seneca the Younger
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And… — William Wordsworth
I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got… — Jay Kay
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed… — Albert Pike
A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with it. When we… — David Ben-Gurion
If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across? — Gautama Buddha
For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a… — Sandra Postel
Wild rivers are earth's renegades, defying gravity, dancing to their own tunes, resisting the authority of humans, always chipping away, and eventually always winning. — Richard Bangs
Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever's not full makes noise. Whatever… — Gautama Buddha
To all earth's creatures God has given the broad earth, the springs, the rivers and the forests, giving the air to the birds, and the… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Watersheds come in families; nested levels of intimacy... As you work upstream toward home, you're more closely related. The big river is like your nation,… — Michael Parfit
Here in this body are the sacred rivers, here are the sun and moon, as well as the pilgrimage places. I have not encountered another… — Saraha
The fighting was fierce and lasted for the greater part of a day; blood ran in rivers. — Matthew of Edessa
I trust the mystery. I trust what comes in silence and what comes in nature where there's no diversion. I think the lack of stimulation… — Angeles Arrien

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