Wings Quotes

• I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.

  Mae West

  Angel, Spread, Bits

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• You are born to fly, and in dreams you remember the soul has wings.

  Robert Moss

  Dream, Soul, Remember

  Robert Moss (2010). “Dreamgates: Exploring the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and Life Beyond Death”, p.20, New World Library

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• Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Travel

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• It is better to have wings then hornes.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.362

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• In the dark days of your life, you will need the wings of hope to continue flying.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Dark, Flying

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• I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.

  Dolly Parton

  Fascinated

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• We were all born with wings. In times of doubt: spread them.

  Kevin Myers

  Doubt, Born, Spread

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• Celebrate your own
  special spirit
  fly on the wings
  of your secret dreams

  Laurel Burch

  Dream, Secret, Special

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• Look to the horizon, spread your wings, and fly.

  Tom Reilly

  Horizon, Looks, Spread

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• You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.

  Rumi

  Trust, Dream, Encouragement

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• Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Leadership, Ideas, Spread

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• Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly.

  Mary E. DeMuth

  Courage, Bravery, Today

  Mary E DeMuth (2012). “Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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• She soars on her own wings.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Scrapbooking, Soar

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• When the stormy winds of life threaten to knock you down, may you have the courage to spread your wings and fly!

  Lance Wubbels

  Wind, May, Spread

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• I thought I was growing wings— it was a cocoon. I thought, now is the time to step into the fire— it was deep water. Eschatology is a word I learned as a child: the study of Last Things; facing my mirror—no longer young, the news—always of death, the dogs—rising from sleep and clamoring and howling, howling.... ("Seeing For a Moment")

  Denise Levertov

  Dog, Children, Sleep

  Denise Levertov (1984). “Oblique Prayers: Poetry”, p.14, New Directions Publishing

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• But meditate now on steadfastness and clarity, and let those be the wings that lift and soar through the celestial spheres.

  Rumi

  Spheres, Clarity, Soar

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.237, Penguin UK

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• The man who has no imagination has no wings.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Dec 05, 2010

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• Archer reddened to the temples but dared not move or speak: it was as if her words had been some rare butterfly that the least motion might drive off on startled wings, but that might gather a flock if it were left undisturbed.

  Edith Wharton

  Moving, Archer, Butterfly

  Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.2116, Delphi Classics

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• Music gives 'wings' to words.

  Yip Harburg

  Giving

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• May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Travel

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?

  Frida Kahlo

  Uplifting, Strong Women, Art

  "Gal Gadot's 'Wonder Woman' Scholarship Speech Emphasizes That All Superheros Don't Wear Capes" by Nina Bradley, www.bustle.com. December 07, 2017.

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• If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine. If there's no one in control, We're the ones who draw the line. Though we live in trying times, We're the ones who have to try. And we know that time has wings, So we're the ones who have to fly.

  Neil Peart

  Dark, Shining, Trying

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• The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.

  Plato

  Beauty, Soul, Causes

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• You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, p. 26, 2006.

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• When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: either there will be ground to stand on, or you will be given wings to fly.

  O.R. Melling

  Inspirational, Life, Believe

  O.R. Melling (2012). “The Chronicles of Faerie (Book 2): The Summer King”, Amulet Books

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