Winding River Quotes

#1. As Einstein himself pointed out. He said we're like people in a boat without oars drifting along a winding river. Around us we see only the present. We can't see the past, back in the bends and curves behind us. But it's there.

Jack Finney

#2. I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.

Rachel Platten

#3. Did you know that there are no straight lines in the universe? Life doesn't travel in perfectly straight lines. It moves more like a winding river. More often than not, you can only see to the next bend, and only when you reach that next turn can you see more.

T. Harv Eker

#4. You can't do everything, at the same time, always, and forever. But if you look at your life and your career as a long, winding river, you can get to your destination.

Stacey Snider

#5. But I shall follow the endless, winding way, - the flowing river in the cave of man; careless whither I be led, reckless where I land.

Herman Melville

#6. A river is an appropriate frontier. Water is neutral and in its impartial winding makes the national boundary look like an act of God. - OPE

Paul Theroux

#7. I hated the distance between us. It left me unsettled, unbalanced. Like the good parts of myself were fading.

Kristen Simmons

#8. A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.

Anthony Trollope

#9. Only reapers, reaping early In among the bearded barley, Hear a song that echoes cheerly From the river winding clearly, Down to towered Camelot.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#10. Profound changes are imminent in the ancient craft of the beautiful.

Jason Lazarus

#11. However romantically ill John might look, it seemed that he had nothing worse than an unromantic cold.

Barbara Pym

#12. On and on they flew, over the countryside parceled out in patches of green and brown, over roads and rivers winding through the landscapes like strips of matte and glossy ribbon.

J.K. Rowling

#13. You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Oliver Goldsmith

#14. The movement of the stream is distinct from the river bed, although it must adopt its winding course.

Henri Bergson

#15. Men use care in purchasing a horse, and are neglectful in choosing friends.

John Muir

#16. I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.

Dean Kamen

#17. The only thing a lawyer won't question is the legitimacy of his mother.

W.C. Fields

#18. I don't want to be the person who gasps in fear whenever she hears the sound of a doorbell or a phone. I just want to lose myself in these hills, in the river winding west to the city of bridges.

Mira Bartok

#19. The wisdom coming from above, the faith that sweetly works by love.

Charles Wesley

#20. We each have our own beliefs. What is important is not to piush your beliefs onto others.

Samina Ali

#21. The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.

Chen Shui-bian

#22. I grew up in the country, which is probably why I'm so attached to the land. I love it. I love the lay of the land. I love walking the land. And I love knowing that it's my land.

Oprah Winfrey

#23. Give me oysters and beer, for dinner every day of the year, and I'll be fine ...

Jimmy Buffett

#24. You can believe in Fung Shui if you want, but ultimately people control their own fate. The most important thing is to improve yourself and give it your best. Then many things previously thought to be impossible will become possible.

Li Ka-shing

#25. Go softly by that river side Or when you would depart, You'll find its every winding tied; And knotted round your heart.

Rudyard Kipling

#26. I want you to realize that you are not a superhero, you are not bulletproof. You need me to protect you, and I need to do it.
All I want is to stand between you and the world ... please just let me.
Sam to Jory

Mary Calmes