Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Water

Water is the driver of Nature
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Polymath, Painter, Sculptor, Inventor, Architect

We never know the worth of water ’til the well is dry.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

So let man consider of what he was created; he was created of gushing water issuing between the loins and the breast-bones.
The Holy Quran Sacred Scripture of Islam

If we could ever competitively, at a cheap rate, get fresh water from saltwater, ..(this) would be in the long-range interests of humanity which could really dwarf any other scientific accomplishments.
John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist

Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict
Kofi Annan (1938–2018) Ghanaian Statesman, International Diplomat

The sound of water says what I think.
Zhuang Zhou (c.369–c.286 BCE) Chinese Taoist Philosopher

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator

Water is the most precious, limited natural resource we have in this country…But because water belongs to no one – except the people – special interests, including government polluters, use it as their private sewers
Ralph Nader (b.1934) American Lawyer, Consumer Activist

A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American First Lady, Diplomat, Humanitarian

Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go
Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian

By means of water, we give life to everything.
The Holy Quran Sacred Scripture of Islam

Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.
Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage

Every human should have the idea of taking care of the environment, of nature, of water. So using too much or wasting water should have some kind of feeling or sense of concern. Some sort of responsibility and with that, a sense of discipline
The 14th Dalai Lama (b.1935) Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader, Civil Rights Leader, Philosopher, Author

Water has no taste, no color, no odor; it cannot be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself. It fills us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator

To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together
Barry Lopez (1945–2020) American Essayist, Fiction Writer

Don’t empty the water jar until the rain falls.
Philippine Proverb

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English Novelist, Scriptwriter

There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.
John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist

The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man.
William Beebe (1877–1962) American Biologist, Explorer

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It’s always our self we find in the sea.
e. e. cummings (1894–1962) American Poet, Writer, Painter

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
Jacques Cousteau (1910–97) French Oceanographer, Documentary Director

Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.
Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage

When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat

A little water clears us of this deed
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
John Updike (1932–2009) American Novelist, Poet, Short-Story Writer

I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns.
Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994) American Mormon Religious Leader

The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) Soviet Head of State

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912–81) English Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Literary Critic, Social Critic

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