Sparrow Quotes

95 quotes by 78 authors

Can a sparrow know how a stork feels? — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail. — Rabindranath Tagore
One little bird not larger than a sparrow, it may have been a Phalarope, would alight on the turbulent surface where the breakers were five… — Henry David Thoreau
Nature is one with rapine, a harm no preacher can heal; The Mayfly is torn by the swallow, the sparrow speared by the shrike, And… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Shakespeare said: "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." Everything happens perfectly. — Frederick Lenz
Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply… — Alfred Armand Montapert
I honor the wisdom of life. I learn from life in all its forms. The tree teaches me. The sparrow and the wren sing my… — Julia Cameron
In the heart of the God of the universe, each child of his is as necessary to him as the fingers are to the hand.-In… — Toyohiko Kagawa
One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they will keep me in print. And they claim they sell… — Diane Wakoski
I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan, like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand. — Bob Dylan
Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow. — Sidney Crosby
On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film: Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera… — Robert Brustein
The bluebird enjoys the preeminence of being the first bit of color that cheers our northern landscape. The other birds that arrive about the same… — John Burroughs
Any day above ground is a good one. A woman's beauty is her inherent ability to better a man in every way. My father, now… — Donald E. Williams, Jr.
My lady's sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady's delight — Catullus
Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him — Kenneth Wapnick
Gather yourself by the sea shore and I will love you there. Assemble yourself with wild things, with songs of the sparrow and sea-foam. Let… — Jewel
If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the sparrow. It's everybody. — Madeleine L'Engle
You had to feel the swell change. You had to go with the change. He told me that. No eye is on the sparrow but… — Joan Didion
I am certain that the Lord, who notes the fall of a sparrow, looks with compassion upon those who have been called upon to part,… — Thomas S. Monson

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