Rivers Quotes

1778 Rivers quotes by 1144 unique authors

We live in a state with a wonderful climate and plenty of natural beauty, from the shores of Cumberland Island to the Chattahoochee River to… — Roy Barnes
In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries, — Janet Echelman
All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After I'm gone, I trust you will notice the river. — Anthony de Mello
When peace like a river, attendeth my way / When sorrow like sea billows roll / Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say… — Unknown Author
But I do enjoy words—some words for their own sake! Words like river, and dawn, and daylight, and time. These words seem much richer than… — Alasdair Gray
Can't tell if I've got rivers or veins running under my skin, flowing out over the plains. — Mariee Sioux
I've often wish'd that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a year; A handsome house to lodge a friend; A river at my… — Jonathan Swift
I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat. Thought I'd put… — Muhammad Ali
I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation. — William Henry Ashley
He turn'd his charger as he spake, Upon the river shore, He gave his bridle reins a shake, Said, "Adieu for evermore, my love, And… — Walter Scott
O Love! they die in yon rich sky, They faint on hill or field or river: Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I love her with a love as still As a broad river's peaceful might, Which by high tower and lowly mill, Goes wandering at its… — James Russell Lowell
Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea, for the spring… — John of Damascus
I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our sense of community and compassionate intelligence must be extended to all life forms, plants, animals, rocks, rivers, and human beings. This is the story… — Terry Tempest Williams
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur;… — Orison Swett Marden
All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any… — Confucius
Books are the perfect Time Machine. By the simple act of opening a book you can, in an instant, be travelling up a jungle river… — Louis L'Amour
Rivers and mountains are beautiful and made heroes bow and compete to catch the girl- lovely earth. Yet the emperors Shih Huang and Wu Ti… — Mao Zedong
Capture of Nanking Rain and a windstorm rage blue and yellow over Chung the bell mountain as a million peerless troops cross the Great River.… — Mao Zedong
People are rivers, always ready to move from one state of being into another. It is not fair, to treat people as if they are… — Unknown Author
River Song? Amy Pond? Hardly weak women. It's the exact opposite. You could accuse me of having a fetish for powerful, sexy women who like… — Steven Moffat
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. — Quintus Curtius Rufus
We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close to the mother. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, shamans, everyone… — Unknown Author
The establishment of an American Soviet government will involve the confiscation of large landed estates in town and country, and also, the whole body of… — William Z. Foster

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