Sayings about Deserts, Sand & Wells
Working on the land is better than praying in the desert. ~ German Proverbs
One who sits by the well will never go thirsty.~ Malay Proverb
All sunshine makes a desert. ~ American Proverb
Any water in the desert will do. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
It is not necessary to fall into a well to know its depth.~ Traditional Proverb
The well that is most often used gives the purest water.~ Hebrew Proverb
Well water is not an enemy of spring water.~ Chinese Proverb
Do not drink from a well and throw a stone into it.~ Palestinian Proverbs
The man who builds his own throne rules over a desert. ~ Traditional Proverb
One should eat sand rather than fall to villainy. ~ Spanish Proverb
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down. ~ Traditional Proverb
When you are thirsty, it’s too late to think of digging the well.~ Japanese Proverb
We’ll never know the worth of water till the well go dry.~ Scottish Proverbs
If you want a well, only dig in one place.~ Korean Proverbs
Dig a well before you are thirsty.~ Chinese Proverb
A building of sand falls as you build it. ~ Cameroonian Proverbs
Insults must be written in sand and compliments carved in stone. ~ Arabian Proverbs
Small wells are better to quench your thirst.~ French Proverb
Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand. ~ Japanese Proverb
Talent without skill is like a desert without an oasis. ~ Arabian Proverbs
It’s not that the well is too deep, but rather the rope is too short.~ Chinese Proverb
Don’t demand that what you write in the Nile will be read in the desert. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
The well gives, but the bucket refuses.~ Nigerian Proverb
When the Nile knows a secret the desert will soon know it too. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs
They make a desert and they call it peace. ~ Traditional Proverbs
The water can only flow thanks to the well.~ African Proverb
Pearls are worthless in the desert. ~ Indian Proverbs
Sunshine without rain makes a desert. ~ Arabian Proverb
They who dig the wells never drink from them.~ African Proverb
He who is desperate will squeeze oil out of a grain of sand. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Man is preceded by forest and followed by desert. ~ French Proverbs
If you seek well, you will find.~ Greek Proverbs
Quotations about Desrts
Without music, life is a journey through a desert. ~ Pat Conroy
Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light. ~ Joyce Carol Oates
Man is a complex being; he makes the deserts bloom and lakes die. ~ Gil Stern
Like water in the desert is wisdom to the soul. ~ Edward Counsel
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. ~ George Eliot Quotes
On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment. ~ Eric Cantona
There were no lies here. All fancies fled away. That’s what happened in all deserts. It was just you, and what you believed. ~ Terry Pratchett
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. ~ Ella Maillart
Even Castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually. ~ Jimi Hendrix
The desert is the theater of the human struggle of searching for God. ~ Jan Majernik
The desert is no longer a landscape, it is a pure form produced by the abstraction of all others. ~ Jean Baudrillard
Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone. ~ Jorge Luis Borges
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air. ~ Paul Hoffman
The desert does not mean the absence of men, it means the presence of God. ~ Carlo Carretto
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge. ~ Napoleon Hill Quotes
You can’t fight the desert… you have to ride with it. ~ Louis L’Amour
Anything built here, an unrelenting desert, was an act of sheer will imposed on territory unsuited for habitation. ~ Dave Eggers
Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority. ~ Edward Young Quotes
And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand. ~ Pierre Loti
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. ~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery
For, to make deserts, God, who rules mankind, Begins with kings, and ends the work by wind.~ Victor Hugo Quotes
The desert is our troubled state. It is the dwelling place of our demons. ~ Sean Caulfield
They make a desert and call it peace. ~ Tacitus Quotes
Nobody ever takes from the desert anything but aridity and monsters. ~ John Geddes
In the desert, the line between life and death is sharp and quick. ~ Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. ~ C. S. Lewis
I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams. ~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert. ~ Frank Herbert
In the desert, the only god is a well. ~ Vera Nazarian
A desert is a place without expectation. ~ Nadine Gordimer