I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
I know why the caged bird sings.
Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.
Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
If you're a bird, I'm a bird.
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
Even the pigeon carries a message.
The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
In order to see birds, it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.