Rivers Quotes

1778 Rivers quotes by 1144 unique authors

Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you. — Marvin Gaye
Absorbed in this world, you've made it your burden. Rise above this world. There is another vision. All your life you've paid attention to your… — Unknown Author
Nervous and scared is a good thing, it's your friend. You feel more on the edge, you feel like you're about to fall down the… — Georges St-Pierre
I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a… — Michael Koryta
A cathedral without windows, a face without eyes, a field without flowers, an alphabet without vowels, a continent without rivers, a night without stars, and… — Tad R. Callister
After an exhilarating whitewater ride through America's love-hate relationship with its rivers, Daniel McCool leaves us inspired and hopeful for a happy ending. — Michael Brune
Los Angeles was a place after my own heart. The people were hospitable. The country had the same attraction for me that it had for… — William Mulholland
I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up… — Ishmael Beah
The mercy of forgiveness is brought from the strength to accept any situation given and faced. Spiritual independence and humbleness toward life makes life like… — Hiroko Sakai
Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It's an act of faith. It's saying that even though I can't see where this river… — Debbie Ford
Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great… — Marcus Aurelius
I journeyed to London, to the timekept City, Where the River flows, with foreign flotations. There I was told: we have too many churches, And… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Nobility is a river that sets with a constant and undeviating current, directly into the great Pacific Ocean of Time; but, unlike all other rivers,… — Charles Caleb Colton
One man watches a river flow by. If he does not wish it to flow, to change ceaselessly in accord with its nature, he will… — Ajahn Chah
Rush like a river from the highest mountain, drink from the fountain and stop your counting. What kind of wine does he have in his… — Trevor Hall
If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in; for I don't believe there are any… — Louisa May Alcott
Lightly tripping o'er the land, Deftly skimming o'er the main, Scarce our fairy wings bedewing With the frothy mantling brine, Scarce our silver feet acquainting… — Hartley Coleridge
I'd say that, in addition to actually taking my brother and sister and I camping and hiking and river rafting all our lives and introducing… — Edward Norton
Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or… — Frederick Carl Frieseke
Nature provides exceptions to every rule. — Margaret Fuller
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither… — John W. Gardner
In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to… — Haile Gebrselassie
When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers. — Haile Gebrselassie
My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through… — Haile Gebrselassie
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. — Khalil Gibran

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