28 Water Quotes to Help You Feel the River of Joy Moving in You
Waterfalls start with a small stream. Remember that when you feel like you’re behind or not making a big enough difference. Rivers don’t crash and rush all the way to the sea. Think about that when the world feels like too much. And if you feel like you’re not enough, or too much? Read these water quotes. You’ll feel better.
Water is a teacher, a healer, a mirror.
If you look closely enough, you’ll see yourself in these water quotes. You’ll see the turbulence in the world, the calm in your soul, the river of life moving through you.
28 Water Quotes to Inspire Your Day
1. “I have seen the sea when it is storm and wild; when it is quiet and serene when it is dark and moody. And in all these moods, I see myself.” – Martin Buxbaum
2. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” – Heraclitus
3. “A river cuts through rock not because of its power but because of its persistence.” – Jim Watkins
2. “Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle.” – Crystal Middlemas
5. “I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” – John O’Donohue
6. “A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself.” – Maya Angelou
5. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” – A. A. Milne
8. “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
9. “You swam in a river of chance and coincidence. You clung to the happiest accidents—the rest you let float by.” – David Wroblewski
8. “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” – Loren Eiseley
11. “I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.” – Paulo Coelho
12. “Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.” – Mikhail Lermontov
13. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
14. “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.” – Rumi
15. “Wondering if you are Love is like the ocean wondering if it is water.” – Unknown
16. “Going with the flow is responding to cues from the universe. When you go with the flow, you’re surfing Life force. It’s about wakeful trust and total collaboration with what’s showing up for you.” – Danielle LaPorte
17. “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” – Jon Kabat-Zan
18. “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore
19. “Water is fluid, soft and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” – Lau Tzu
20. “Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.” – Christopher Morley
21. “Water is the driving force of all nature.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
22. “A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.” – Lucy Larcom
23. “River is time in water; as it came, still so it flows, yet never is the same.” – Barten Holyday
24. “The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
25. “We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.” – Jacques Cousteau
26. “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi
27. “No water, no life. No blue, no green.” – Sylvia Earle
28. “When I sit here by the sea and listen to the sound of waves, I feel free from all obligations and people of this world.” – Henry Thoreau
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Tell me:
Which of these water quotes speaks to you most?
Tell me in the comments. I read and respond to every single one, and I’d love to know!
Love,
Jen
P.S. Need a nightly reminder of your own worth, wonder and power? Buy my book, Sleep Affirmations: 200 Phrases for a Deep and Peaceful Sleep. You’ll sleep better too (obviously).
Comments on this post (13)
When I finished chemotherapy, reading and sound healing therapy was my go to to relieve the pains, aches, and stresses of the whole procedure. Now that I have recovered, I use it to calm my days down, and I go to therapy over at https://revivorship.com/services/sound-healing/ which is near me here in Ca. These quotes will really add more to my well being, thanks again!
— Peter Maxwell
— Mariel
The quote that spoke to me the most. Wondering if you are Love
is like the ocean wondering if it is water.
A reminder that we were made with love and have the capacity to love regardless of what life puts in our path, regardless of our doubts.
Thank you for all the inspiring quotes
— Katie
I really like ‘Going with the flow is responding to cues from the universe. When you go with the flow, you’re surfing Life Force. It’s about wakeful trust and total collaboration with what’s showing up for you.” Danielle La Porte
And “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. Jon Kabat-Zan
— Linda Kutka
I liked no. 6 and no. 13
— Nancy Young
Sandra, you’re welcome, and thank you for reading and sharing these favorites – I love these ones, especially Maya Angelou’s. I’m so glad you enjoyed this collection!
— Jennifer Williamson
This is the one I like:
‘The storm is here and now. The rains come and water floods our lives. Nothing lasts forever and the rainbow always appears’.
—Michaelson Williams
Also the Maya Angelou one about a woman ‘prepared to be herself and only herself’. Thank you for sharing them all.
Sandra
— Sandra Byrne
Denise, oh I just love this one (and the Tao Te Ching) so much!
— Jennifer Williamson
“Water is fluid, soft and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” – Lau Tzu
This one is my favorite and speaks to me the most. Also the purest water is the stream that has made it’s way through solid rock.
— Denise Parton
Laura, I think this quote will forever have a special place in my life. Thanks for sharing – so glad you love these quotes as much as I do!
— Jennifer Williamson
Thank you, all is beautiful and deep like our blue ocean. This is what I feel most at this moment in my life “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.” – Rumi 🙏Laura
— Laura Bottaro
Thank you, Carolyn! I love that one too. “She is already water.” So good. I’d love it if you had any of my books! Your support means so much to me. xoxo
— Jennifer Williamson
Thank you. I think I like this one by Thich Nhat Hanh best. Have a blessed day and i will check out your book of affirmations. Carolyn
— Carolyn Coarsey