The 70 best quotes about Rain

A selection of famous quotes about this atmospheric phenomenon so evoked in poetry.

Few meteorological phenomena have as much magic as rain. The muse of poets and artists throughout the ages, rain evokes tranquility and harmony, invites us to retreat and reflect on life.

While sunny days evoke vitality and energy, gloomy and stormy days evoke sadness and despair, we could say that rainy days convey a certain calm that invites us to let our mind flow.

Rain Quotes and Phrases

Without further ado, let's meet rain phrases and famous quotes from writers and thinkers throughout history..

1. Rain is grace, it is the sky descending to Earth. Without rain, there would be no life. (John Updicke)

The origin of life, with water as its epicenter.

2. If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain. (Dolly Parton)

Nothing comes by itself; you always have to overcome certain adversities.

3. Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. (Roger Miller)

Different ways of facing existence.

4. If you pray for rain, you have to deal with mud too. (Denzel Washington)

Similar to the above famous quote.

5. If rain ruins the picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain? (Tom Barret)

There is a kind of poetic justice in rain.

6. When it rains on your parade, look up before you look down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. (Gilbert K. Chesterton)

Everything has a silver lining.

7. A perfect day can be sunny as well as rainy, it depends on attitude. (Tana Davis)

Nothing more to add. A matter of attitude.

8. Tears of joy are like summer raindrops pierced by sunbeams. (Hosea Ballou)

Great poetic phrase of the British writer.

9. One can find so many pains when the rain is falling (John Steinbeck)

The richness of nature made available to all.

10. I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the one you love. (Billy Bob Thornton)

A great wish with the most ideal context.

11. Rain begins with a single drop. (Manal al Sharif)

Metaphor to understand many phenomena of life.

12. Raindrops make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by constant falling. (Lucretius)

Erosion is produced by the effect of constancy.

13. Life is the fire that burns and the Sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is the earth, what is and what is not. (Seneca)

A great verse from one of the most respected philosophers.

14. I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't turn out the way you want it to, keep going. If you think it's going to rain, it will rain. (Clint Eastwood)

If you think negatively, it is quite common for things to go wrong.

15. In every life some rain must fall. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Without little bumps, life would not be so wonderful.

16. Don't save yourself for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. (Leo Durocher)

Carpe diem: do what you feel like doing, today.

17. The desert is beautiful and lives without rain. (Paul Johns)

Food for thought.

18. Without the sun there would be no life, but neither without rain. (Frey Juhn)

The union of both apparently contradictory elements is what produces the miracle of life.

19. The clouds come floating into my life, not to bring rain or accompany the storm, but to add color to my sunset. (Rabindranath Tagore)

Great phrase of the Hindu author.

20. Sunshine is delightful, rain is refreshing, wind prepares us, snow is exhilarating. There really is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. (John Ruskin)

Indomitable verse of the British poet.

21. The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of the wind in a virgin forest, and the sound of the ocean on a beach. (Henry Beston)

This American naturalist described meteorological sounds in this way.

22. Life is full of beauty. Notice it in the bumblebee, the little child and the smiling faces. Smell the rain and feel the wind. Live your life to its fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. (Ashley Smith)

Mother Nature has everything perfectly arranged for our enjoyment.

23. The best thing to do when it is raining is to let it rain. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

A reflection of calm and tranquility.

24. Falling rain. Summer rain on the earth. Night rain. Darkness and warmth and torrent of passion. (James Joyce)

One of the most poetic rain phrases.

25. A welcome summer rain can suddenly cleanse the earth, the air, and you. (Langston Hughes)

A restorative and healing rain.

26. God undresses himself in the rain like an innumerable caress. (Juan Ortiz)

Beautiful famous quote that evokes tender sensations.

27. I think the fish is good, but then I think the rain is wet, so who am I to judge? (Douglas Adams)

Ironic phrase of the English screenwriter.

28. Sometimes we should express our gratitude for small, simple things like the smell of rain, the taste of a favorite food, or the sound of a loved one's voice. (Joseph Wirthlin)

Details that make existence a colorful journey.

29. I do not consider myself a pessimist. I think a pessimist is someone who is waiting for rain. (Leonard Cohen)

The American musician spoke this way about rain.

30. It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. (George Elliot)

A famous ecological quote.

31. A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fine weather and ask for it back when it starts to rain. (Robert Frost)

A metaphor that questions the moral integrity of financial institutions.

32. Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth, without destroying his roots. (Frank A. Clark)

Great comparison.

33. I need the seasons to live in rhythm with the rain and the sun. (Sophie Marceau)

Poetic words of the French actress.

34. The average man is a conformist, he accepts miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow in the rain. (Colin Wilson)

A metaphor for the prevailing mediocrity.

35. He could rest happily in a doorway all day long, chatting with passersby about the wind and the rain. (Tom Hodgkinson)

On the frugality of life.

36. A wind has blown the rain, the sky and all the leaves away, and the trees have been left like this. I think I have been in the autumn too long. (E. Cummings)

A bucolic and rustic image.

37. If you really get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sun. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eat in such a way that you feel in touch with true life, with your roots. (Thich Nath Hanh)

Fruit of the earth.

38. No one has the right to rain on your dreams. (Marian Wrigth Edelman)

Let no one make you bitter in your own fabulations.

39. I love the rain. It's my favorite weather. (Kristen Wing)

The part for the whole in this poetic reflection.

40. I grew up in this city, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain and, like wood, it soaked in the woods. (Pablo Neruda)

An excerpt from a poem by Neruda.

41. Rain is good for me. I feel I reach real clarity when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes. (Venus Williams)

A moment of lucidity, when the water falls.

42. The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, without any meaning or intention, but the fulfillment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall. (Helen Garner)

A beautiful description of the flow of rain.

43. I don't know why, but rain enters my head the moment I think of my childhood. (Danush)

For better or for worse.

44. There is always a curious period of time between the first sweet breeze and the moment the rain breaks. (Don DeLillo)

A lapse of time when the transition occurs.

45. I am a being of heaven and earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies. (Eden Ahbez)

46. Tears fall in my Heart like rain in the city. (Paul Verlairne)

A token of sadness.

47. The vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which the poor shepherds prayed in vain. (Edmund Waller)

A verse that can leave us reflecting.

48. When I was a kid, we never heard of smog, ozone depletion, acid rain or greenhouse gases. (Dennis Weaver)

A rainy phrase to rethink the damage we are doing to the environment.

49. Plants grow when the rain comes and the sun comes out. Both are good for them. (Gene Matris)

This is how photosynthesis arises.

50. Do not see the desert as a distant place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst. (William Langewiesche)

Visual metaphor about different climates of the world.

51. On rainy days, the sun is an unforgivable intruder. (Eduardo Sacheri)

Enjoying the rain, with nothing else, is a perfect plan.

52. There are three things you can do at a baseball game. You can win, you can lose, or it can rain. (Casey Stengel)

Nice quote about the rain and how it affects the sport.

53. Don't threaten me with love, honey. Let's walk in the rain. (Billie Holiday)

Very romantic movie line.

54. Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in the rain to hear me sing, I can stand the rain. (Bobby Darin)

Great thought from this New York born singer.

55. It always rains in tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds, for the chance to rain on a tent. (Dave Barry)

Paradoxes that are very real.

56. He liked the rain in Tripoli, it was violent, sudden like his feelings. (Margaret Mazzantini)

An excerpt from a novel by this brilliant author.

57. With rain this road would be another road, this forest another forest. (Patrick Rothfuss)

Rain comes to change absolutely everything.

58. The sun shines on good and bad people, and rains on both as well. God does not choose rain only for bad people. (Mariano Rivera)

Circumstances affect us all, for good and for bad.

59. Many curse the rain that falls on their heads, and do not know that it brings abundance to drive away hunger. (Saint Basil)

It all depends on how it is perceived.

60. I am singing in the rain. What a wonderful feeling, I'm happy again. (Arthur Freed)

Something refreshing and cathartic.

61. It's important to be close to real things like rain and mud to have contact with nature. (Robin Day)

The phenomena of nature are not to be feared.

62. If you constantly think about rain you will eventually find it. (Eddie Mayer)

Metaphor that teaches us the power of our thoughts.

63. A crown is nothing more than a hat that lets in the rain. (Frederick the Great)

To think and reflect deeply.

64. In order to see the rainbow, you must first endure the rain. (David Cegla)

One of the most remembered rain phrases.

65. Love soothes like sunlight after rain. (William Shakespeare)

Catharsis after the storm.

66. When it rains I share my umbrella, if I don't have an umbrella, I share the rain. (Enrique Ernesto Febbraro)

A great show of solidarity.

67. He left in the rain. Without saying a word. Without looking at me. And I covered my face with my hands. And I cried. (Jacques Prévert)

An image of sadness before a farewell.

68. If the rain comes here I will limit myself to live. I'll wet my wings like the tree or the angel or maybe I'll die of grief. (Luis Alberto Spinetta)

Another phrase that invokes rain as an element of sadness.

69. Two more things we learned in the rain: any thirst has the right at least to a big orange and any sadness to a circus morning, so that life may be, sometime, like a flower or a song. (Mario Payeras)

Great verse of this Guatemalan poet.

70. If a political party takes credit for the rain, it should not be surprising that its adversaries blame it for the drought. (Charlotte Morrow)

Political metaphor.