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“You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. —Chinese…

— James Powell

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair. Chinese…

— Chinese Proverb

“The Chinese have a very good proverb: The bird of sorrow has to fly, but see that it does not nest in your mind.”

— Angelo Scolozzi

“No, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair.”

— The Dragon King of Beijing

“You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.”

— Eva Ibbotson

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

— Chinese Proverbs

“You cannot stop the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair.”

— R.G.H. Siu

“You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair”

— Martin Luther

“When a bird flies too high, it loses its song. -- Old Chinese Proverb”

— Rebecca Yount

“Birds of sorrow may fly over our heads, But we must prevent them from building their nests, For they can cause pain that is…

— Nadine Sadaka Boulos

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair.

— Anonymous

You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.

— Sharon Creech