Quotes about Thirst
As the hart desires the spring of living water, so my soul desires to leave the prison of this dark body and see You in truth.
— Catherine of Siena
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
— Thomas Adams
Life is passing, and eternity is drawing near. Soon we shall live the very life of God. After we have been filled at the source of all bitterness, our thirst will be quenched at the very Fountain of all sweetness.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Power is like salt water; the more you drink, the thirstier you get.
— Charles Colson
Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space.
— Charles Spurgeon
Women have a thirst for order and beauty as for something physical; there is a strange female power of hating ugliness and waste as good men can only hate sin and bad men virtue.
— GK Chesterton
Your old man called me. He wanted you to call home. People in hell want ice water.
— Cormac McCarthy
I aint drinkin after no mule, said the hermit. Have you not got no old bucket nor nothin?
— Cormac McCarthy
Hans Selye, another great psychologist, said, "As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.
— Dale Carnegie
The people who are really thirsty aren't going to church on Sunday. They're driving around this lake, running from their secrets, looking for a good, quiet, fill-your-stomach place to eat.
— Charles Martin
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary." (Psalms 63: 1-2)
— Chris Oyakhilome
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
— Thomas Jefferson