Wind Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old wind quotes, wind sayings, and wind proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

No one can tell me, / Nobody knows, / Where the wind comes from, / Where the wind goes. Alan Alexander Milne
O wind, where have you been, / That you blow so sweet? Christina Georgina Rossetti
The wind stood up and gave a shout. / He whistled on his fingers and / Kicked the withered leaves about / And thumped the branches with his hand / And said that he'd kill and kill, / And so he will and so he will. James Stephens
You can own the earth and still / All you'll own is earth until / You can paint with all the colors of the wind Alan Menken; Stephen Laurence Schwartz
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon / Or let the eagle tell where he's been? / Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? / Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? / Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? Alan Menken; Stephen Laurence Schwartz
The wind came down from mountains cold / And like a tide it roared and rolled / The branches groaned, the forest moaned / And leaves were laid upon the mould J.R.R. Tolkien
The wind went on from West to East; / All movement in the forest ceased / But shrill and harsh across the marsh / Its whistling voices were released J.R.R. Tolkien
Dry land, quiet land of immense night. Wind in the olive grove. Wind in the sierra. Federico Garcia Lorca
I've had the wind knocked out of me before, but never been knocked out by the wind. Maxwell "Max" McGrath
Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, the wind is passing through. Jirô Horikoshi