Waters Quotes

695 Waters quotes by 507 unique authors

And as he, who with laboring breath has escaped from the deep to the shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes. — Dante Alighieri
once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to… — Aesop
Journey’s end In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers may rise in Spring, The trees may bud, the waters run, The merry finches sing.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, running—that's the way to live. All alone… — Jack Kerouac
In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight, his body a… — Marcus Aurelius
I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. In… — Eric Clapton
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks… — Norman Maclean
If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck — Albert Einstein
Woe to him whom this world charms from Gospel duty. Woe to him who seeks to pour oil upon the waters when God has brewed… — Herman Melville
always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of… — Nancy Mitford
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. — Mother Teresa
It's time to float on the waters of the night. Time to wrap my arms around this book and press it to my chest, life… — Billy Collins
Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness,… — Tom Robbins
As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say… — Woody Guthrie
How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to… — Lewis Carroll
but that mimosa grove - the haze of stars, the tingle, the flame, the honey-dew, and the ache remained with me, and that little girl… — Vladimir Nabokov
You always hear a headline like this, 'Man Killed By Shark', you never hear it from the other perspective, 'Man Swims in Shark Infested Waters,… — Gary Larson
But I love your feet only because they walked upon the earth and upon the wind and upon the waters, until they found me. — Pablo Neruda
The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life… — Frank Herbert
Forget the suffering You caused others. Forget the suffering Others caused you. The waters run and run, Springs sparkle and are done, You walk the… — Czeslaw Milosz
Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil. For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and… — Khalil Gibran
Pardon all runners, All speechless, alien winds, All mad waters. Pardon their impulses, Their wild attitudes, Their young flights, their reticence. When a message has… — Thomas Merton
There was no God in his heart, he knew; his ideas were still in riot; there was ever the pain of memory; the regret for… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. — William Shakespeare
Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the… — William P. Young

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