72 Quotes about the Wind to Help You Decide Which Way to Blow

The wind is the air moving relative to the Earth's surface. Even though it is a natural phenomenon, it could also symbolize some of life's challenges you face. Read these 72 quotes that revolve around this force of nature and let them sway you like a gentle breeze.

The wind is a powerful force that can be both destructive and constructive. It can be harnessed constructively as a renewable energy source through wind turbines. It is also an energy source for sailing boats, flying kites, and more.

The wind is also advantageous as it helps to clear dust, dry clothes, disperse seeds, keep us cool, and more. However, it can also create hazardous conditions, such as dust storms and tornadoes; it can cause damage to plants, put migrating birds off course, and delay travel. Read the following 72 wind quotes for more about the literal and poetic versatility of this aspect of nature.

Shania Twain's quote: "Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind." | Image: AmoDays

Quotes about the Wind Loaded with Inspiration

"The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails." — Sri Ramakrishna

"May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks." — J. R. R. Tolkien

"They who plow the sea do not carry the winds in their hands." — Publilius Syrus

"The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself." — Burl Ives

Sri Ramakrishna's quote: "The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails." | Image: AmoDays

"A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind." — Lewis Mumford

"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

"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

"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.

Lewis Mumford's quote: "A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind." | Image: AmoDays

"Happiness comes the way the wind blows." — Mikhail Lermontov

"Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction." — Robert Breault

"I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast." — Evelyn Ashford

"You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down." — C. S. Lewis

Mikhail Lermontov's quote: "Happiness comes the way the wind blows." | Image: AmoDays

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." — Henry Ford

"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 real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun." — Danielle Wright

"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things… I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind." — Leo Buscaglia

Henry Ford's quote: "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." | Image: AmoDays

Quotes about the Wind That Teach Us Valuable Lessons

"Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain." — Sun Tzu

"Follow your heart wherever it takes you. Nobody knows where the wind blows. No one can say." — Mario Frangoulis

"The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over." — Aesop

"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

Sun Tzu's quote: "Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain." | Image: AmoDays

"Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel." — Augustus Hare

"When you can't change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails." — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher." — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward

Augustus Hare's quote: "Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel." | Image: AmoDays

"The older you get the stronger the wind gets—and it's always in your face." — Pablo Picasso

"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.

"The only way to see the path in the wind is to become the wind itself." — Leza Lowitz

"A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire." — George Herbert

Pablo Picasso's quote: "The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face." | Image: AmoDays

"It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go." — Jim Rohn

"Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way and now that, and changes name as it changes direction." — Dante Alighieri

"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

"Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the 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

Jim Rohn's quote: "It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go." | Image: AmoDays

Quotes about the Wind Filled with Poetic Wisdom

"Wisdom sails with wind and time." — John Florio

"The wind in a man's face makes him wise." — John Ray

"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache." — Catherine the Great

"Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude." — William Shakespeare

John Florio's quote: "Wisdom sails with wind and time." | Image: AmoDays

"Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow." — Charles Churchill

"Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks

"She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails." — Elizabeth Edwards

"And let the winds of the heavens dance between you." — Khalil Gibran

Nicholas Sparks' quote: "Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it." | Image: AmoDays

"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

"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

"October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain, and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces." — J.K. Rowling

"The winds with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kissed." — John Milton

E. E. Cummings' quote: "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..." | Image: AmoDays

"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

"Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh hear!" — Percy Bysshe Shelley

"I am a willow of the wilderness / Loving the wind that bent me." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Charles Dickens' quote: "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." | Image: AmoDays

"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." — Khalil Gibran

"The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing." — Don Van Vliet

"Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by." — Christina Rossetti

"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Khalil Gibran's quote: "And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." | Image: AmoDays

"The winds with wonder whist / Smoothly the waters kist / Whispering new joys to the mild Ocean..." — John Milton

"This wind is mystical yet tame, and it sings to me." — Marianne Curley

"Certainly on the vast windy plain, there was plenty of nothing to be looked at." — Larry McMurtry

"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

"Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind." — Shania Twain

Marianne Curley's quote: "This wind is mystical yet tame, and it sings to me." | Image: AmoDays

"A cold wind was blowing out of the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things." — R.R. Martin

"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

"I hear the wind among the treesPlaying the celestial symphonies;I see the branches downward bent,Like keys of some great instrument." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's quote: "I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument." | Image: AmoDays

Tornadoes—a fast-rotating column of air between storm clouds and the ground—generate some of the strongest winds recorded on Earth. They can do significant damage by destroying everything in their path.

While the UK has had its fair share of tornadoes, they are not nearly as destructive as the tornadoes in the USA. Despite the devastating effects people have felt, they have always found a way to rebuild and go on with life.

Even if you have never experienced a tornado but are going through difficult times and need the strength to get ahead, these self-motivation quotes will help you remain positive.