220 Wind Quotes

Following is our list of wind quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about name of the wind.

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Famous Wind Quotes

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields. — Truman Capote

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. - Catherine II

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. — Catherine II

Wind feeds the fire, and wind extinguishes: The flames are nourished by a gentle breeze, Yet, if it stronger grows, they sink and die. — Ovid

When wind of changes are blowing, some people will build walls - some will build windmills. — Chinese Proverbs

The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe before it's gone. — Rumi

Wind is to us what money is to life on shore. — Sterling Hayden

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. — Anne Bronte

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are. — Joan Didion

And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by. — Christina Rossetti

Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? - Percy Bysshe Shelley

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? — Percy Bysshe Shelley

A cool breeze stirred my hair at that moment, as the night wind began to come down from the hills, but it felt like a breath from another world. — Francis Marion

The ocean . . . cold and wild the surf, rushing in to overwhelm the beach, the wind, stinging my cheeks, enveloping me in total freedom. — Scott Holman

I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast. — Evelyn Ashford

Short Wind Quotes

  • I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. — Jimmy Dean
  • The sky is falling, the wind is calling Stand for something, or die in the morning — Kendrick Lamar
  • When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. — John Muir
  • Smell the sea and feel the sky. — Van Morrison
  • The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail. — Ramakrishna
  • I'm so quick, I could spit in the wind, duck, and let it hit the old lady behind me. — Roddy Piper
  • Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. — Winston Churchill
  • Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty. — William Shakespeare
  • All rising to great places is by a winding stair. — Buddha

Wind Image Quotes

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. - Kahlil Gibran quote

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. — Kahlil Gibran

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end. - Mary Anne Radmacher quote

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end. — Mary Anne Radmacher

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind. - Johannes Brahms quote

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind. — Johannes Brahms

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra quote

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. — Yogi Berra

The older you get the stronger the wind gets -- and it's always in your face. - Jack Nicklaus quote

The older you get the stronger the wind gets -- and it's always in your face. — Jack Nicklaus

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face. - Pablo Picasso quote

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face. — Pablo Picasso

Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto. - Dale Carnegie quote

Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto. — Dale Carnegie

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find. - William Shakespeare quote

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find. — William Shakespeare

Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees - Sappho quote

Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees — Sappho

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. - Dolly Parton quote

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. — Dolly Parton

Live your life to the fullest. - Shakira quote

Live your life to the fullest. — Shakira

Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back. - Bill Vaughan quote

Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back. — Bill Vaughan

One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. - A. A. Milne quote

One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. — A. A. Milne

In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness. - Stephen King quote

In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness. — Stephen King

Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude. - William Shakespeare quote

Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude. — William Shakespeare

Wind quote If there is no wind, row.
If there is no wind, row.

Gone With The Wind Quotes

For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late. — Anne Edwards

With all my heart, and all my soul, I will love you till the winds don't blow. Until the oceans turn to stone, my love is yours and yours alone. My love is forever, until forever's gone. — Kenny Rogers

Put forth thy leaf, thou lofty plane, East wind and frost are safely gone; With zephyr mild and balmy rain The summer comes serenely on; Earth, air, and sun and skies combine To promise all that's kind and fair: But thou, O human heart of mine, Be still, contain thyself, and bear. — Arthur Hugh Clough

Wind quote The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjust the sa
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjust the sails.

The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death. — Joseph Conrad

If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a Gone with the Wind 2. — Vin Diesel

'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable. — Timothy Dalton

Wind quote The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sa
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.

I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind. — Glenn Close

I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might be thought of as someone who writes about a picturesque local scene like Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gone With the Wind, something like that. — Walker Percy

That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it. — Hattie McDaniel

I'm absolutely positive it's in our human nature to want to know about the past. The two most popular movies of all time, while not historically accurate, are about core historic events: 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Titanic.' — David McCullough

Name Of The Wind Quotes

There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind. — Patrick Rothfuss

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. — Patrick Rothfuss

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned — Patrick Rothfuss

Wind quote We cant direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
We cant direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name. — Sri Sarada Devi

As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name. — Sarada Devi

Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we were, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment. — Harlan Ellison

Wind quote You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek
You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shade when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your window. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me.

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story. — Patrick Rothfuss

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath. — Patrick Rothfuss

You do not know the first note of the music that moves me. — Patrick Rothfuss

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. — Patrick Rothfuss

Inherit The Wind Quotes

No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That's already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind. — Dick Gregory

An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. — Clarence Darrow

How do you know that God didn't speak to Charles Darwin? — Jack Lemmon

Wind quote I can't always change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destin
I can't always change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool. — Jerome Lawrence

Is it possible to be overzealous, to destroy that which you hope to save-so that nothing is left but emptiness. — Jerome Lawrence

Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. — Finley Peter Dunne

Wind quote We can't direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
We can't direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something. — H. L. Mencken

Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape. — Jerome Lawrence

I may be rancid butter, but I'm on your side of the bread. — Gene Kelly

When I did Inherit the Wind, I learned about teaching school. I also found out what a fundamentalist was. — Dick York

Wind Blowing Quotes

Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist. — Amy Carmichael

My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow through your heart for wild is the wind. — Nina Simone

Be like a solid tower whose brave height remains unmoved by all the winds that blow; the man who lets his thoughts be turned aside by one thing or another, will lose sight of his true goal, his mind sapped of its strength. — Dante Alighieri

Wind quote When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.

Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours. Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it. — Joan of Arc

May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face, and the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars. — George Jung

We cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from Heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people once again — G. Campbell Morgan

Wind quote Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the one
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw of the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in you sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

O God, when my faith gets overladen with dust, blow it clean with the wind of your Spirit. When my habits of obedience get stiff and rusty, anoint them with the oil of your Spirit. Restore the enthusiasm of my first love for you. — Eugene H. Peterson

The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails. — Ramakrishna

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. - Bob Dylan

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. — Bob Dylan

Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It's OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat. — Hedy Lamarr

Wind And Rain Quotes

Sit and be still until in the time of no rain you hear beneath the dry wind's commotion in the trees the sound of flowing water among the rocks, a stream unheard before, and you are where breathing is prayer. — Wendell Berry

It is the wind and the rain, O God, the cold and the storm that make this earth of yours to blossom and bear its fruit. So in our lives it is storm and stress and hurt and suffering that make real men and women bring the world's work to its highest perfection. — W. E. B. Du Bois

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. — Napoleon Hill

Wind quote When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

After a day of cloud and wind and rain Sometimes the setting sun breaks out again, And touching all the darksome woods with light, Smiles on the fields until they laugh and sing, Then like a ruby from the horizon's ring, Drops down into the night. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. — Ashley Smith

A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky - I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie Sleepless. — William Wordsworth

Wind quote We cannot control the wind, but we can direct the sail
We cannot control the wind, but we can direct the sail

I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies. — Eden Ahbez

Is the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like that. Nothing can ever harm you once you are consciously aware that it is so. — Vernon Howard

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. — George R. R. Martin

I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn to live without the necessities. And in the end they are the guys that wars can't be won without. — Ernie Pyle

Sailing And Wind Quotes

When the winds of life don't hit your sails, you grab the oars of life and you start pushing. — Greg Plitt

Windmills, which are used in the great plains of Holland and North Germany to supply the want of falling water, afford another instance of the action of velocity. The sails are driven by air in motion - by wind. — Hermann von Helmholtz

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. - J. R. R. Tolkien

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full. — Arthur Ashe

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails. — Elizabeth Edwards

Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops Sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars And reach for the heavens and hope for the future And all that we can be and not what we are. — John Denver

Sail while the breeze blows, wind and tide wait for no man. — Danish Proverbs

I am in love with this world . . . I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its frosts, the oppression of its heats, the drench of its rains, the fury of its winds, and always have beauty and joy waited upon my goings and comings. — John Burroughs

I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail. — Ricky Skaggs

Wind In The Trees Quotes

Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn't already been said better by the wind in the pine trees. — Thomas Merton

Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind. — Claude Debussy

Walk tall as the trees, live strong as the mountains, be gentle as the spring winds, keep the warmth of the summer sun in your heart, and the great spirit will always be with you. — American Indian Proverbs

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley. — Seneca

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park? — Ralph Marston

Good timber does not grow with ease: The stronger wind, the stronger trees; The further sky, the greater length; The more the storm, the more the strength. By sun and cold, by rain and snow, In trees and men good timbers grow. — Douglas Malloch

Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind, the deeper it strikes its roots into the ground. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Imagination is a tree. It has the integrative virtues of a tree. It is root and boughs. It lives between earth and sky. It lives in the earth and the wind. The imagined tree imperceptibly becomes a cosmological tree, the tree which epitomises a universe, which makes a universe. — Gaston Bachelard

The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way. — Lao Tzu

The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything. — Pink

Feel The Wind Quotes

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it. — Nicholas Sparks

Go out in nature and breathe some fresh air. Let go of your worries. Feel the wind in your hair. — Katrina Mayer

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

The magic begins in you. Feel your own energy, and realize similar energy exists within the Earth, stones, plants, water, wind, fire, colores, and animals. — Scott Cunningham

I like to think that Einstein would look at string theory’s journey and smile, enjoying the theory’s remarkable geometrical features while feeling kinship with fellow travelers on the long and winding road toward unification. — Brian Greene

Next to a leisurely walk I enjoy a spin on my tandem bicycle. It is splendid to feel the wind blowing in my face and the springy motion of my iron steed. The rapid rush through the air gives me a delicious sense of strength and buoyancy, and the exercise makes my pulse dance and my heart sing. — Helen Keller

I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I've got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that. — Steve Jobs

And she said 'Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you're blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.' — Paul Simon

A wise man once said that we can't make anyone feel or do anything. We can throw things into the wind, but it's up to each person to decide how they want to react, where they want to stand when things fall. — Jonathan Maberry

We feel the chill north winds coarse through the home despite the locked and bolted doors this is winter, which nonetheless brings its own delights. — Antonio Vivaldi

Wind Energy Quotes

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Whether fuel cell system development in central Oregon, wind power generation along the Columbia Gorge, or geothermal energy in southern Oregon, investing in new energy sources makes America more energy independent while creating good paying, environmentally friendly jobs. — Greg Walden

I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. — Thomas A. Edison

There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy sources. — Bill McKibben

I think a portfolio standard should go beyond wind, solar and geothermal energy to include renewable energy like hydropower and clean alternatives such as coal gasification, clean coal, nuclear energy and, finally, credits for achieving new levels of efficiency and conservation. — Pete Domenici

Once the renewable infrastructure is built, the fuel is free forever. Unlike carbon-based fuels, the wind and the sun and the earth itself provide fuel that is free, in amounts that are effectively limitless. — Al Gore

I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I'm solar powered. Some days I'm wind powered. And some people in this room might think I'm hybrid gas-powered. You'll just have to guess which it is today. — Bill Richardson

I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That's the only reason to build them. They don't make sense without the tax credit. — Warren Buffett

Mike, we are a green energy company, but the green stands for money. — Jeffrey Skilling

I know that nuclear is better than fossil fuels when it comes to carbon dioxide, but nuclear energy is by no means clean. We don't know what to do with the waste we already have and it seems like a bad idea to me to make more when we have so many cleaner options such as wind and solar. — Sheryl Crow

Cold Wind Quotes

It snowed all day long, fortunately it didn't stay on the road. It was very, very cold today. Fortunately, the wind was at my back. The terrain was rolly but not big hills. The first miles were like usual tough, but I felt quite good from there till the end of 10 miles. — Terry Fox

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted. — Jan Peter Balkenende

A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort. — Meriwether Lewis

No wind is too cold for lovers. — German proverbs

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. — Charles Dickens

I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears. — James Herriot

I have lived carefully, sheltered myself from the cold winds, eaten moderately of what was in season, drunk fine claret, slept in my own sheets; I shall live long. — Evelyn Waugh

October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces. — J. K. Rowling

As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It's time to start making soup again. — Leslie Newman

Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise. — Dale Carnegie

Strong Wind Quotes

Your practice should be strengthened by the difficult situations you encounter, just as a bonfire in a strong wind is not blown out, but blazes even brighter. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease. — Dogen

Breaking News: Winds so strong in NYC The Statue of Liberty's gown just blew off! — Kevin Nealon

May you have a strong foundation when the winds of change shift...and may you be forever young. — Bob Dylan

I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life. It is the tree's way of being. Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling out its treasure on the wind. — May Sarton

A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. — Haile Selassie

I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of energy like solar power, wind power and advanced biofuels... — Barack Obama

It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they might just wind up lowering our flag. — Ronald Reagan

An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots. — Aesop

Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome. — William Bligh

Windmill Quotes

Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind. — Michel Legrand

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere. — Fernando Pessoa

An unfree mind is just like a windmill inside the bell jar! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

hills that stand soft and a sky that stands high and blue, and the sun setting behind a windmill, and always, always, hazy strings of mountains that fall and fall away on the horizon. — Khaled Hosseini

I had rather live with cheese and garlic in a windmill. — William Shakespeare

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows. - George Herbert

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows. — George Herbert

Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly. — George Orwell

If one day I look out from my cabin's porch and see a row of windmills spinning in the distance, I won't curse them. I will praise them. It will mean we are finally getting somewhere. — David Suzuki

Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills. - Robert A. Heinlein

Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills. — Robert A. Heinlein

I knew that one day I would come to this point that I would make something so outrageous and so ambitious that... it'd be that Don Quixote feeling, that I'd have to tilt at a windmill. Sometimes you've got to do it. That's the only way you can do things. — Oliver Stone

Wind Power Quotes

A man from a primitive culture who sees an automobile might guess that it was powered by the wind or by an antelope hidden under the car, but when he opens up the hood and sees the engine he immediately realizes that it was designed. — Michael Behe

He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty out of ugliness. He can transform a sin-blistered man into a paragon of virtue. The Spirit changes people. The Author of life is also the Transformer of life. — R. C. Sproul

Hopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind turbines are rightly regarded in most countries as an environmental monstrosity. — Nigel Lawson

If Americans could choose, would they choose to work on the infrastructure for cancer-causing oil power or would they choose to work on the infrastructure for health-reviving wind power? — Evangeline Lilly

How much you move affects your strength, your power, your balance, how you look, how you think, how well you withstand the high winds and rain showers of life and how long you will stand. Everyone needs concentrated doses of several kinds of movement to remain functional. — Eric Heiden

The earth turns, and the seasons, and for all his pride and power man cannot temper the winds or change their course. They are the unseen tides that shape our days and our years. — Hal Borland

The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. — Black Elk

Hear me, four quarters of the world-a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds. — Black Elk

The trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments... it has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime musical poetry, from religious, calm and imposing accents to savage, orgiastic outburst. — Hector Berlioz

The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper. — Ed Begley, Jr.

Weather Quotes

When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart. — Ajahn Brahm

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself. - Anton Chekhov

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself. — Anton Chekhov

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. — Anthony J. D'Angelo

Situations emerge in the process of creative destruction in which many firms may have to perish that nevertheless would be able to live on vigorously and usefully if they could weather a particular storm. — Joseph A. Schumpeter

We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines. — Thabo Mbeki

We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night, to be able to get up, to be healthy, to have enough to eat. ... There's opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that's what life is. — David Steindl-Rast

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. — John Ruskin

Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period. — Wayne Dyer

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it. — Martha Graham

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. - John Ruskin

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. — John Ruskin

Mighty Wind Quotes

Pentecost came with the sound of a mighty rushing wind, a violent blast from heaven! Heaven has not exhausted its blasts, but our danger is we are getting frightened of them. — Smith Wigglesworth

The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm. — Jack White

To do then now would be retro. To do then then was very now-tro, if you will. — Harry Shearer

The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm. — Confucius

O that our souls could scale a height like this, A mighty mountain swept o'er by the bleak Keen winds of heaven; and, standing on that peak Above the blinding clouds of prejudice, Would we could see all truly as it is; The calm eternal truth would keep us meek. — Robinson Jeffers

I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman. — Barbara Walters

Robust grass endures mighty winds; loyal ministers emerge through ordeal. — William Shakespeare

Listen to it, and you are hearing the mighty currents of the air rushing down the latitudes of the earth, currents from the Mackenzie and the Athabasca and the Saskatchewan, and from the prairies and the white Tundra. It is a homeless wind, forever on the move. — Hal Borland

I don't know about you, but I call impromptu vomiting harm. — Karen Marie Moning

Bob Dylan's one of the greatest blues singers of the western world; ancient art, on-the-spot improvisation, mind quickness, endless variation, classical formulae, prophetic vision, mighty wind-horse. — Allen Ginsberg

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More Wind Quotes

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. — Henry Ford

In the 70s, GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and EARTH WIND & FIRE, we were very serious about our music and who we were trying to touch. I think that's why the music of the 70s has not died - because it has a rejuvenating quality to it. — Maurice White

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. — Kahlil Gibran

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. — Bruce Lee

I am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life. — Hildegard of Bingen

I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say. — Geronimo

And the wind upon its way whispered the boughs of May, And touched the nodding peony flowers to bid them waken. — Siegfried Sassoon

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons. — Pope John Paul II

I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind — Tadao Ando

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