It is from small streams that big rivers rise.

A river that feeds a village is better than an ocean that merely decorates an island.

The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

A small boat that sails the river is better than a large ship that sinks in the sea.

Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.

A river does not go looking for water; water comes looking for it instead.

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.

You cannot control the ocean, but you can guide the rivers that feed it.

A boat can cross a river, a ship can cross a sea, and a soul can cross the universe.