63+ Best Lake Quotes: Exclusive Selection

A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Profoundly inspirational lake quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.

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Most Famous Lake Quotes

Talk not of the river or lake, To those who have looked on the sea. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Not every lake dreams to be an ocean. Blessed are the ones who are happy with whom they are. – Mehmet Murat ildan

Be calm like a calm lake, then you will look beautiful like a beautiful calm lake! – Mehmet Murat ildan

Time wasted at the lake is time well spent. – unknown

The lake is good for the soul. – Unknown

When I saw for the first time by the Word of God that sickness was not the Will of God, everything in my nature rose up to defeat the will of the devil. – John G. Lake

Being at the lake can bring calm to your soul while being one with nature.

A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. – Henry David Thoreau

Find a calm lake and wait for the twilight in silence! There, existence will visit you with all its magnificence! The existence of the Existence can best be felt in the presence of dimness and in the absence of crowds and noises! – Mehmet Murat ildan

Mindfulness arises when you allow your attention to fall effortlessly on the breathing point like an autumn leaf falling on a lake of still water – Amit Ray, Beautify your Breath – Beautify your Life

A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. – Henry David Thoreau

In Christ we become God’s sons, man’s servants and the devil’s masters. – John G. Lake

So lovely was the loneliness of a wild lake. – Edgar Allan Poe

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We cannot exercise our faith beyond what we believe to be possible. – John G. Lake

A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable. – William Wordsworth

In those early centuries of Christianity,

Christianity did not go into the world apologizing. It went to slay the powers of darkness and undo the works of the devil, and it lived in holy triumph. – John G. Lake

My recollection of a hundred lovely lakes has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our modern day. It has been a return to the primitive and the peaceful. – Hamlin Garland

We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see. – Zen Saying

The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it. – B.K.S Iyengar

Make your heart like a lake, with a calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness. – Lao Tzu

popular lake quotes

Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans. – Munia Khan

Jesus did not heal the sick in order to coax them to be Christians. He healed because it was His nature to heal. – John G. Lake

Short Lake Quotes

Some people look like frozen lakes; break the ice, there you will see a lively world! – Mehmet Murat ildan

Beloved, it is not our long prayers but our believing God that gets the answer. – John G. Lake

The little lake you love is the biggest ocean for you! – Mehmet Murat ildan

It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things. – Nicholas Sparks

When a Christian tries to live by reason he is moving out of God’s country into the enemy’s land. We belong in the miraculous and the supernatural realm. – John G. Lake

The great majority of the Christian world is still weeping at the foot of the cross. The consciousness of man is fixed on the Christ Who died, not the Christ Who LIVES. They are looking back to the Redeemer Who was, not the redeemer who IS. – John G. Lake

Men tell us in these days that sin is what you think it is. Well, it is not. Sin is what God thinks it is. You may think according to your own conscience. God thinks according to His. – John G. Lake

Fear of the devil is nonsense. Fear of demons is foolish. The Spirit of God anointing the Christian heart makes the soul impregnable to the powers of darkness. – John G. Lake

A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. – Henry David Thoreau

Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans. – Munia Khan

All you need is love and the lake. – Unknown

In the hearts captivated by innocence, the eternal peace of a quiet lake is experienced! – Mehmet Murat ildan

A little tranquil lake is more significant to my life than any big city in the world.  – Munia Khan

Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from ‘hurry sickness.’ Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure. – Wayne Dyer

The secret of Christianity is in being. It is in being a possessor of the nature of Jesus Christ. – John G. Lake

When a lake’s doubt is shown as ripples, sunshine rays are flown to the hills. – Ankush Agarwal

Beloved, if any unholiness exists in the nature, it is not there by the consent of the Spirit of God. If unholiness is in your life it is because your soul is giving consent to it, and you are retaining it. Let it go. Cast it out and let God have His way in your life. – John G. Lake

powerful lake quotes

I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods. – Steven Tyler

When you’re young you think that you’re going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. – Doris Lessing

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Summer Lake Quotes

On a quiet night at the lake, you can almost hear the fish laughing. -Unknown

Know when to give up and just go to the lake. – Unknown

We are awakening to that marvelous truth, that Christ is not in the heavens only, nor the atmosphere only, but Christ is in you. – John G. Lake

If there are ripples on the surface of a lake, we cannot see the depth. Similarly unless the mind is restful, we cannot experience the harmony and union within us. – Sri Ravi Shankar

Healing is not always obtained by saying a prayer. It is obtained by obeying God – John G. Lake

The little lake you love is the biggest ocean for you! – Mehmet Murat ildan

If the lake sees the ocean, it will want big waves! If the ocean sees the lake, it will want calm days that last for years! – Mehmet Murat ildan

The ocean is not a big lake; the lake is not a small ocean! Ocean is ocean, lake is lake! – Mehmet Murat ildan

Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean. – Percy Ross

There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying. – John G. Lake

For the contented minds, lakes are oceans! – Mehmet Murat ildan

Water is the driving force of all nature. – Leonardo da Vinci

Even a pebble cast in the middle of a lake creates ripples that eventually reach the shore. – Jeffrey G. Duarte

The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world. – Georges Simenon

The words bounced off her like a stone skipping over the surface of a lake. A stone may skip a long way, but it always sinks eventually. – Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road

When a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom. – Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

Even a pebble cast in the middle of a lake creates ripples that eventually reach the shore. – Jeffrey G. Duarte

This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

There’s only one way to tackle life, enjoy a day at the beach, and jump into a Great Lake: Headfirst! – Viola Shipman

What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I’m writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped in a lake, go down not with a whimper but a splash. – Lauren Myracle