Quotes by Rivers By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, “There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” But all the little streams higher up in the Forest went this way and that, quickly, eagerly, having so much to find out before it was too late. A. A. Milne too-late rivers running Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!” said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time. A. A. Milne feelings rivers long I'll give you three guesses, Rabbit. Digging holes in the ground? Wrong. Leaping from branch to branch of a young oak tree? Wrong. Waiting for somebody to help me out of the river? Right. Give Rabbit time, and he'll always get the answer. A. A. Milne digging-a-hole rivers giving When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there. A. A. Milne stones swim rivers You will have no test of faith that will not fit you to be a blessing if you are obedient to the Lord. I never had a trial but when I got out of the deep river I found some poor pilgrim on the bank that I was able to help by that very experience. A. B. Simpson trials blessing rivers A convention is a social pattern we have chosen to prefer over whatever the raw world simply proffers. It is a sign of the operation of the mind, drawing the assent of a sufficient number of other minds so that the agreement will be widely operative. A convention is not a custom; a custom is a habit in which a sufficient number acquiesce. A custom can appear as a convention, but it is really a lesser act, the result of passive acceptance rather than of the imposition of design. It is the difference between learning to live by the annual flooding of the river or by a calendar. A. Bartlett Giamatti agreement acceptance rivers The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind. A. G. Mohan mind rivers water I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army. Abraham Lincoln details army rivers Nor must Uncle Sam's Web-feet be forgotten. At all the watery margins they have been present. Not only on the deep sea, the broadbay, and the rapid river, but also up the narrow muddy bayou, and wherever the ground was a little damp, they have been, and made their tracks. Abraham Lincoln uncles sea rivers Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expence of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with with those of the neighbourhood of the town. They are upon that the greatest of all improvements. Adam Smith levels rivers country Thanks be to God, not--only for 'rivers of endless joys above, but for 'rills of comfort here below.' Adoniram Judson comfort rivers joy If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction, a delta springing from the river bed with its five fingers spread. Adrienne Rich one-direction rivers thinking once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet. Aesop sea rivers sweet Trains are wonderful.... To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life. Agatha Christie towns church rivers I thought how lovely and how strange a river is. Aidan Chambers lovely strange rivers The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery. Akkineni Nagarjuna together rivers moving The happiness of the drop is to die in the river. Al-Ghazali dies rivers Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side. Alain-Rene Lesage contentment sides rivers I spend as much time as I can sketching from nature, Dartmoor contains such a rich variety of landscape, as many boulders, foaming rivers and twisted trees as my heart could ever desire. . . . When I look into a river, I feel I could spend a whole lifetime just painting that river. Alan Lee heart rivers tree I keep drawing the trees, the rocks, the river, I'm still learning how to see them; I'm still discovering how to render their forms. I will spend a lifetime doing that. Maybe someday I'll get it right. Alan Lee rocks drawing rivers 1234567891011»