High water mark may refer to:
- Ordinary high water mark, a landscape marking such as floodwater staining left by the highest level of water (e.g., Strandline, debris left by high tide)
- High-water mark of the Confederacy, the turning point of the Battle of Gettysburg
- High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument, a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial
- High water marks, a hedge fund term used to determine fund performance fees
- High-water mark (computer security)
Famous quotes containing the words high, water and/or mark:
“Oh may my heart’s truth
Still be sung
On this high hill in a year’s turning.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.””
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 27:24.
“There mark what ills the scholar’s life assail,
Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the gaol.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)