Flying Quotes

Birds of a color fly to the same place.~ Welsh Proverb
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
Don’t try to fly before you have wings.~ French Proverb
Even an eagle will not fly higher than the sun.~ Russian Proverb
Falling hurts least those who fly low.~ Chinese Proverb
Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history. ~ James Dickey
Flying birds have no master.~ French Proverb
Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.~ Douglas Adams
Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers. ~Titus Maccius Plautus
God made low branches for birds that cannot fly so well.~ Turkish Proverb
In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours – one hour for flying and one hour to get to the airport. ~ Neil McElroy
I pick the prettiest part of the sky and I melt into the wing and then into the air, till I’m just soul on a sunbeam. ~ Richard Bach
I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport…. ~Amy Johnson
Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.~ James Thurber
No matter how high a bird can fly, it still has to look for food on the ground.~ Danish Proverb
No need to teach an eagle to fly.~ Greek Proverb
Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.~ Golda Meir
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? – it is the same the angels breathe. ~ Mark Twain
The butterfly who settles on a branch is afraid that he will break it.~ Armenian Proverb
The desire to reach for the sky runs deep in our human psyche. ~ Cesar Pelli
The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul. ~ Walter Raleigh
The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly. ~ G.K. Chesterton
The roast duck can fly no more.~ Chinese Proverb
There is no flying without wings.~ French Proverb
They quarrel about an egg and let the hen fly.~ German Proverb
To fall is not painful for those who fly low.~ Chinese Proverb
True courage consists not in flying from the storms of life, but in braving and steering through them with prudence.~ Hannah Webster Faster
Words have no wings but they can fly many thousands of miles.~ Korean Proverb
When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth.~ Traditional Proverb
Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something. ~ Mignon McLaughlin
Why fly? Simple. I’m not happy unless there’s some room between me and the ground. ~ Richard Bach
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.~ Chinese Proverb
You cannot fly with wings made of butter.~ Netherlands Antillean Proverb
You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky. ~Amelia Earhart