| "water, water, everywhere,And all the boards did shrink.water, water everywhere,Nor any drop to drink." »Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| "Describing her first day back in grade school after a long absence, a teacher said, It was like trying to hold 35 corks under water at the same time." »Mark Twain |
| "Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless--like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash Be water my friend." »Bruce Lee |
| "The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downwards. Now by striking water and causing it to leap up, you may make it go." »Ni'matullah Wali |
| "Never think that God's delays are God's denials. hold on hold fast hold out. Patience is genius." »George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon |
| "You should respect each other and refrain from disputes you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together." »Buddha |
| "The highest goodness is like water. water benefits all things and does not compete. It stays in the lowly places which others despise. Therefore it is near The Eternal." »Lao Tzu |
| "The best man is like water. water is good it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao." »Lao Tzu |
| "The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." »John W. Gardner |
| "If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them 'hold on'" »Rudyard Kipling |
| "hold tenderly that which you cherish, for it is precious and a tight grip may crush it. Do not let the fear of dropping it cause you to hold it too tightly the chances are, it's holding you too." »Bob Alberti |
| "No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see." »Taoist Proverb |
| "The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water." »Danish proverb |
| "What is harder than rock, or softer than water Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere." »Ovid |
| "If you must hold yourself up to your children, hold yourself up as an object lesson and not as an example." »Sir Walter Besant |
| "Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed." »Buddha |
| "Relationships--of all kinds--are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost." »Kaleel Jamison |
| "My friend I consider you my brother. I know we are not blood, and blood is thicker than water, but your body already has all the blood it needs. You will always need water." »Eric Pio |
| "Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe." »Dan Quayle |
| "Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue." »Confucius |
| "I believe in getting into hot water it keeps you clean." »G. K. Chesterton |
| "The grass is always greener where you water it." »Unknown |
| "water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody." »Mark Twain |
| "Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm." »Malayan Proverb |
| "Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water." »Latin Proverb |
| "water is the only drink for a wise man." »Henry David Thoreau |
| "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water." »Swedish Proverb |
| "We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry." »English Proverb |
| "We never know the worth of water till the well is dry." »French Proverb |
| "When you drink the water, remember the spring." »Chinese Proverb |
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