Chinese proverb Quote by Rebecca Yount

“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

“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

“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

“A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Birds that cannot fly high into the sky rejoice exceedingly and sing sweet melodies when they get to the top of the tallest tree…

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“A bird must rely on its own wings if it is to conquer the sky.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“No matter how far and where to birds may fly, they never lose their way and always find their way back home”

— Anamika Mishra

“The fly is so weak that it cannot budge even a single teacup. So it finds a bull, gets inside its ear and starts…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Degraded bird, I give you back your eyes forever, ascend now whither you are tossed; Forsake this wrist, forsake this rhyme; Soar, eat ether,…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

“A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo