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Water Quotes

Water Quotes

Water is one of the most versatile metaphors we have -- for strength, for change, for cleansing, for the obstacles we need to cross rather than stare at. These quotes draw on water's many forms to illuminate everything from resilience to faith to the passage of time.

They suit nature writing, mindfulness content, poetry collections, or reflective social media posts. Look through the full collection for the image that resonates with you.

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“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

Rabindranath Tagore

“A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives; who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves?”

Friedrich Nietzsche

“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.”

Mitch Hedberg

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”

W. H. Auden

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