Standing Water

Famous quotes containing the words standing and/or water:

“Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 12:9.

RSV translation reads, “Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.”

“Iron which is not whetted will grow rusty; water which does not flow will become stagnant.”
—Chinese proverb.