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title: "20 Flight Quotes By Richard Bach"
description: "20 Flight quotes by Richard Bach. Plus more from Richard Bach and more Flight sayings from other authors."
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> [Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/flying-prevails-whenever-a-man-and-his-airplane-are-put-to-a-test-of/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [The man who flies an airplane ... must believe in the unseen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-man-who-flies-an-airplane-must-believe-in-the-unseen/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/why-fly-simple-i-m-not-happy-unless-there-s-some-room-between-me-and/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/he-was-not-bone-and-feather-but-a-perfect-idea-of-freedom-and-flight/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight - how to get from shore to food and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/most-gulls-don-t-bother-to-learn-more-than-the-simplest-facts-of-2/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [“You find what you love and you learn everything about it. You bet your life on what you know and run from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/you-find-what-you-love-and-you-learn-everything-about-it-you-bet-your/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Flyers fell a certain kinship with the sight of the earth unencrusted by humanity, they want to see it that way in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/flyers-fell-a-certain-kinship-with-the-sight-of-the-earth-unencrusted/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Flyers have a sense of adventures yet to come, instead of dimly recalling adventures of long ago as the only moments in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/flyers-have-a-sense-of-adventures-yet-to-come-instead-of-dimly/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [For most gulls it was not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/for-most-gulls-it-was-not-flying-that-matters-but-eating-for-this/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [I take the paraglider to the mountain or I roll Daisy out of her hangar and I pick the prettiest part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-take-the-paraglider-to-the-mountain-or-i-roll-daisy-out-of-her/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [We thought humble and proud at the same time, all at once in love again with this painful bittersweet lovely thing called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/we-thought-humble-and-proud-at-the-same-time-all-at-once-in-love/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [For pilots sometimes see behind the curtain, behind the veil of gossamer velvet, and find the truth behind man, the force behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/for-pilots-sometimes-see-behind-the-curtain-behind-the-veil-of/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-highest-art-form-of-all-is-a-human-being-in-control-of-himself/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [It had never gotten old for him, flying. Never gone boring. Every engine start was a new adventure, guiding the spirit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/it-had-never-gotten-old-for-him-flying-never-gone-boring-every-engine/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/thousands-of-volumes-have-been-written-about-aviation-but-we-do-not/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [I belong to a group of men who fly alone. There is only one seat in the cockpit of a fighter airplane.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-belong-to-a-group-of-men-who-fly-alone-there-is-only-one-seat-in/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Jonathan Livingston Seagull . . . was no ordinary bird. Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/jonathan-livingston-seagull-was-no-ordinary-bird-most-gulls-don-t/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [I've owned 41 airplanes. A few of them would talk with me. This little seaplane, though, we've had long conversations in flight.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-ve-owned-41-airplanes-a-few-of-them-would-talk-with-me-this-little/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Same with anyone who's been flying for years and loves it still... we're part of a world we deeply love. Just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/same-with-anyone-who-s-been-flying-for-years-and-loves-it-still-we-re/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [Flying has always been to me this wonderful metaphor. In order to fly you have to trust what you can't see. Up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/flying-has-always-been-to-me-this-wonderful-metaphor-in-order-to-fly/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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## Other authors on Flight

## More by Richard Bach

> [“Heaven is not a place, and it's not a time. Heaven is being perfect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/heaven-is-not-a-place-and-it-s-not-a-time-heaven-is-being-perfect/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [You'd chosen to be an upright biped on the surface of a small planet of a minor sun on the edge of a minor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/you-d-chosen-to-be-an-upright-biped-on-the-surface-of-a-small-planet/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [Your harshest truths are dreams, and your gentlest dreams are true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/your-harshest-truths-are-dreams-and-your-gentlest-dreams-are-true/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [“Happiness is a choice. It is not always an easy one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/happiness-is-a-choice-it-is-not-always-an-easy-one/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/argue-for-your-limitations-and-sure-enough-they-re-yours/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [The world is a dream, you say, and it’s lovely, sometimes. Sunset. Clouds. Sky.” “No. The image is a dream. The beauty is real.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-world-is-a-dream-you-say-and-it-s-lovely-sometimes-sunset-clouds/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-original-sin-is-to-limit-the-is-don-t/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [Silly ideas, worth the admission price in smiles, but they're true. Is high-energy physics interesting because it's true or because it's crazy?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/silly-ideas-worth-the-admission-price-in-smiles-but-they-re-true-is/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-best-way-to-pay-for-a-lovely-moment-is-to-enjoy-it/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [I am tired of clinging. Though I cannot see it with my eyes, I trust that the current knows where it is going. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-am-tired-of-clinging-though-i-cannot-see-it-with-my-eyes-i-trust/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [If you want to meet someone who can fix any situation you don't like, who can bring you happiness in spite of what other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/if-you-want-to-meet-someone-who-can-fix-any-situation-you-don-t-like/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [The space for what you want is already filled with what you settled for instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-space-for-what-you-want-is-already-filled-with-what-you-settled/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [The books remind us that way down deep in our hearts, part of us knows that we are creatures of light and we cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-books-remind-us-that-way-down-deep-in-our-hearts-part-of-us-knows/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [Part of us is always the observer, and no matter what, it observes. It watches us. It does not care if we are happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/part-of-us-is-always-the-observer-and-no-matter-what-it-observes-it/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

> [Kindle Singles is publishing on skates. It prints like lightning; our book meets readers in hours. I've spent so many years waiting for publishers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/kindle-singles-is-publishing-on-skates-it-prints-like-lightning-our/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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