Water can provide us with a lot of inspiration as we strive for a happier and more meaningful life. It slices through hard rocks despite being soft and humble due to its patience and perseverance. So, when life throws you stumbling blocks, act like water and either cut through them or forge a new path to your objectives and desires.
Below is a collection of inspirational, intelligent, and meaningful water quotes, sayings, and proverbs to give you the motivation you need to keep flowing.
“A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.” ― William Wordsworth
“It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.” ― Nicholas Sparks
“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.”― Leonardo da Vinci
“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Water is sufficient…the spirit moves over water.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
“A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.” – Lucy Larcom
“Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.” ― Jane Austen
“The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.” – Lucretius
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” – Heraclitus
“Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean.” – Percy Ross
“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” – John O’Donohue
“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” – Wallace Stevens
“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.” – Isak Dinesen
“There’s hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall.” – Patrick Ness
“Water links us to our neighbor in a way more profound and complex than any other.” – John Thorson
“I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.” – Paulo Coelho
“Wondering if you are in love is like the ocean wondering if it is water.” – Unknown
“Going with the flow is responding to cues from the universe. When you go with the flow, you’re surfing life’s force. It’s about wakeful trust and total collaboration with what’s showing up for you.” – Danielle LaPorte
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” – A. A. Milne
“Surrender to the flow of the River of Life, yet do not float down the river like a leaf or a log. While neither attempting to resist life nor to hurry it, become the rudder and use your energy to correct your course to avoid the whirlpools and undertow.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie