72 Wind Quotes To Invigorate and Inspire You

Wind, a natural phenomenon like the deep oceans, the tall mountains, and the blue sky, things which have existed since the start of time and will remain until the end, beautiful and serene. If we think about it, the wind is just the movement of particles suspended in the environment but if we feel it against our skin and hair it feels like something divine just brushing up against you and your soul to calm you down sometimes or to hype you up the remaining times. So to help you have a breezy time, we have brought these wind quotes and sayings, here, read ahead.

Wind is nature in its purest form, unseen, believable, calming, sometimes easy and sometimes it can sweep things off their feet and roots. It also is the carrier of life, carrying oxygen on its shoulders for all to breathe. 

Providing life and providing a vibe, the wind is doing its job very well while going with the flow, a great skill to learn. So here are some wind quotes and sayings for you to read while sipping some tea on a breezy day:

Wind Quotes

• “The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.” – Aesop
• “Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.” – E. B. White
• “True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.” – Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
• “O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
• “The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It’s always changing.” – Don Van Vliet

• “A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.” – George Herbert
• “Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man’s ingratitude.” – William Shakespeare
• “The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.” – Ramakrishna
• “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 Sr.
• “The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.” – Henry Beston
• “If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination.” – Napoleon Hill
• “I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.” – Evelyn Ashford

• “I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things… I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.” – Leo Buscaglia
• “Happiness comes the way the wind blows.” – Mikhail Lermontov
• “I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.” – Evel Knievel
• “When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
• “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks
• “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

• “And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” – Khalil Gibran
• “The only way to see the path in the wind is to become the wind itself.” – Leza Lowitz
• “This wind is mystical yet tame, and it sings to me.” – Marianne Curley
• “The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.” – Ramakrishna
• “She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” – Elizabeth Edwards
• “A wind has blown the rain away and blown, the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think I too have known autumn too long…” – E.E.Cummings

• “And who am I to blow against the wind?” – David Levithan
• “Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.” – Miguel Angel Ruiz
• “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
• “If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.” – Kahlil Gibran
• “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.” – William Shakespeare

• “Follow your heart wherever it takes you. Nobody knows where the wind blows. No one can say.” – Mario Frangoulis
• “A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.” – Catherine the Great
• “Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain” – Sun Tzu
• “And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.” – Khalil Gibran
• “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
• “The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” – Joan Didion
• “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward
• “You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.” – C. S. Lewis

• “May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
• “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
• “The older you get the stronger the wind gets – and it’s always in your face.” – Pablo Picasso
• “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
• “Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.” – Winston Churchill
• “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
• “Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow.” – Charles Churchill
• “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

• “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
• “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in a storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentleman.” – Patrick Rothfuss
• “The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew…” – John Dryden
• “I hear the howl of the wind that brings, the long dreary storm on its heavy wings.” – William C. Bryant
• “Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.” – Augustus Hare
• “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean

• “I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• “Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.” – Shania Twain
• “Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” – Bruce Lee
• “Wisdom sails with wind and time.” – John Florio
• “Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• “And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” – Edward Gibbon
• “The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.” – Chanakya

• “It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.” – Jim Rohn
• “Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction.” – Robert Breault
• “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.” – Jim Rohn
• “Adversity is like a strong wind. I don’t mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.” – Arthur Golden 
• “The wind in a man’s face makes him wise.” – John Ray
• “Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.” – Christina Rossetti
• “The winds with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kissed.” – John Milton
• “Forget about enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are and listen to the wind that is singing in your veins. Feel the love, the longing and the fear in your bones. Open your heart to who you are, right now, not who you would like to be. Not the saint you’re striving to become. But the being right here before you, inside you, around you. All of you is holy. You’re already more and less than whatever you can know. Breathe out, look in, let go.” – John Welwood
• “Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!” – William Butler Yeats
• “Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow 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
• “I am a willow of the wilderness, Loving the wind that bent me.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “Chill air and wintry winds! My ear has grown familiar with your song; I hear it in the opening year, I listen, and it cheers me long.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• “The wind’s in the east… I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.” – Charles Dickens

Conclusion

Wind is just air dancing around while fulfilling the role of its life, it sure goes mad sometimes and might bring a little hurricane here and there when in the mood. But overall, it’s great to have around, a great companion. As you’ve explored these Wind Quotes, we hope they’ve stirred your inner calm, awakened your adventurous spirit, or simply offered a moment of reflection. Just like the wind, may your thoughts be free, your heart open, and your life ever flowing with change and purpose. Let the wind guide you onward.

Also read:

• Waterfall Quotes
• Power Quotes
• Faith Quotes

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