Water Quotes
The best man is like water. Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.Lao - Tzu, The Way of Lao - Tzu
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.Carl Reine
You can never step into the same river for new waters are always flowing on to you.Heraclitus
Lakes, rivers, streams... all are water and all travel to the same destination. So it is with religion.Muhammed Ali, in a television interview
The maxim that people should not have a right till they are ready to exercise it properly, is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.Thomas B. Macaulay
Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.William Shakespeare
Water is the only drink for a wise man.Henry David Thoreau
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.Yiddish Prove
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.G. K. Chesterton
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.Taoist Prove
A coalition of groups... is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. ... an all - Out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him. On Watergate crisis.Gerald R. Ford
It is occasionally possible to charge hell with a bucket of water, but against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.Doris Fleeson
In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.Christina G. Rossetti
Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.Kahlil Gibran
You know something that would really make me applaud A guy gets stuck in quicksand, then sinks, then suddenly comes shooting out, riding on water skis How do they do that.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.Mae West
With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.Chinese Prove
Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Enough shovels of earth.......................... a mountain. Enough pails of water............................... a river.Chinese Prove
Pour water on a sportswriter - - Instant horseshit.Ted Williams
You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you - - The rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered.Antoine de Saint - Exupery, The Little Prince
According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected. I have heard, however, that some philosophers, in seeking for truth, to pay homage to her, have seen their own image and adored it instead.Charles Richte
The tree of Liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.Thomas Jefferson
If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, April 2003
Two - Thirds of the earth is covered by water. The other third is covered by Garry Maddox.Ralph Kine
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times in water, in butter, and in wine.Polish Prove
The best man is like water. Water is good it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.Lao Tzu
Our land is more valuable than your money. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals; therefore, we cannot sell this land. It was put here for us by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us.Blackfoot chief, (c. 1880)
As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose.Bhagavad Gita
Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron.Josef Stalin
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.Thomas Calyle
My friend I consider you my brother. I know we are not blood, and blood is thicker than water, but your body already has all the blood it needs. You will always need water.Eric Pio
One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire help to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.Hannah More
The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, For none now live who remember it.J. R. R. Tolkien
Indecision is like a stepchild if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.African Prove
I believe in getting into hot water it keeps you clean.G. K. Chesterton
