Sorrow Quote by Chinese Proverbs

“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 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 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

“A Chinese proverb reminds us: You cannot prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests…

— Anne Bryan Smollin

“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

Even with good maps, there's no guarantee that the public will get the word about landslide hazards, or that state and local governments will…

— Bill Dedman

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

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

— Eva Ibbotson

Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we…

— Anonymous

“I would revisit them all in the long course of my waking dream: rooms in winter, where on going to bed I would at…

— Marcel Proust

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

— Anonymous

I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that…

— Max Lucado