“She decided to free herself, dance into the wind, create a new language. And birds fluttered around her, writing “yes” in the sky.”
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“The bird dares to break the shell, then the shell breaks open and the bird can fly openly. This is the simplest principle of success. You dream, you dare and and you fly.”
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“…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)”
― Facing the Lion, Being the Lion: Finding Inner Courage Where It Lives
― Facing the Lion, Being the Lion: Finding Inner Courage Where It Lives
“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
“The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”
― The Little White Bird
― The Little White Bird
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