1. “Water is the driving force of all nature.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

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2. “Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

— Bruce Lee

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3. “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water.”

— Bruce Lee

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4. “Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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5. “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.”

— Bruce Lee

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6. “If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear.”

— Buddha

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7. “Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.”

— Stephen King

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8. “The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.”

— Bruce Lee

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9. “Doesn’t matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.”

— Mark Cuban

10. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. In the depths there is a spring with all the water your heart is thirsty for.”

— Rumi

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11. “In the abundance of water – the fool is thirsty.”

— Bob Marley

12. “Be like water, my friend.”

— Bruce Lee

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13. “The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.”

— Sigmund Freud

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14. “You will always find an answer in the sound of water.”

— Zhuangzi

15. “Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.”

— Buddha

16. “It’s good to leave each day behind, like flowing water, free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.”

— Rumi

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17. “Now that we have learned to fly the air like birds, swim under water like fish, we lack one thing – to learn to live on earth as human beings.”

— George Bernard Shaw

18. “So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius.”

— Sun Tzu

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19. “The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.”

— David Attenborough

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20. “All things flow, nothing abides. You cannot step into the same river twice, for the waters are continually flowing on. Nothing is permanent except change.”

— Heraclitus

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21. “Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water.”

— Milarepa

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22. “Save water. Shower with your girlfriend.”

— Anonymous

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23. “God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!”

— Joyce Meyer

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24. “Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

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25. “If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.”

— John Ortberg Jr.

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26. “The only thing that endures over time is the ‘Law of the Farm.’ You must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate, and water if you expect to reap the harvest.”

— Stephen R. Covey

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27. “May we live like the lotus, at home in muddy water.”

— Buddha

28. “Water seeks its own level and water rises collectively.”

— Julia Cameron

29. “Daisies in water are the longest lasting flower you can give to someone. Fact. Buy daisies. Not roses.”

— Anne Sexton

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30. “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”

— Alan Watts

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31. “God is the color of water. Water doesn’t have a color.”

— James McBride

32. “Christians should live in the world, but not be filled with it. A ship lives in the water; but if the water gets into the ship, she goes to the bottom. So Christians may live in the world; but if the world gets into them, they sink.”

— D.L. Moody

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33. “Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

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34. “Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere – on water and land.”

— Walt Whitman

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35. “There will be water if God wills it.”

— Stephen King

36. “Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.”

— Dale Carnegie

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37. “The Dunya is like the ocean and our heart is like the ship. If a ship allows the water to enter, it will sink. Just like when we allow the Dunya to enter our heart.”

— Yasmin Mogahed

38. “Come hell or high water you will never take me back to the place I was before. I have been through too much to let life whoop me again. My faith is stronger than it’s ever been, my mind is more tenacious than it’s ever been, my soul is more absolute.”

— T.D. Jakes

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39. “How long does it take for a broken spirit to kill a body that has food, water and shelter?”

— Yann Martel

40. “It was like trying to bail out an ocean of water with a teaspoon.”

— Jodi Picoult

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