Top 100 Spread Wings Quotes
#1. My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes. They are the cradle of the morning, they are the kingdom of the stars. My songs are lost in their depths. Let me but soar in that sky, in its lonely immensity. Let me but cleave its clouds and spread wings in its sunshine.
Rabindranath Tagore
#2. My first tattoo is a full-on Sailor Jerry situation on my hip - it's a swallow with big spread wings. When I got it I was 20 on St. Mark's Place in New York; I just walked in in a frenzy. It's still there 17 years later and it's not a terrible thing to look at.
Maria Dahvana Headley
#3. An extraordinary lightness seemed to spread through his whole body and the next second, in a rush of wings, they were flying upward through the pipe. Harry could hear Lockhart dangling bellow him, saying, Amazing! Amazing! This is just like magic!
J.K. Rowling
#4. Her collarbones like wings that spread from the base of her throat to the ends of her shoulders. A bird held down by skin
Arundhati Roy
#6. And who am I, mighty Khan?
She felt warmth in him then, the beginnings of a smile deep inside.
He spread his wings.
Bowed his head.
Purred.
YOU ARE YUKIKO.
Jay Kristoff
#7. Glory had her tail curled around her talons and was holding her wings in close as wave after wave of odd colors spread through her scales. Deathbringer put one wing around her, gently, and she let him.
Tui T. Sutherland
#8. When it comes to creating compelling fiction, the devil may be in the details, but it is your imagination that ultimately allows your work to spread its wings and take flight. And fly it must. Only by soaring above the clouds of doubt can one truly achieve a suspension of disbelief
Max Hawthorne
#9. When you get to the end of a TV series, you feel totally out of sorts as an actor. You feel unfit; your voice box has collapsed on you because you've spent all day muttering into a microphone that's two inches from your head, and you feel desperate to spread your wings and do a bit of real thesping.
Kevin Whately
#10. Some girls need men to take them places. Others just click their heels, spread their own wings, and fly.
Coco J. Ginger
#11. Have you ever thought; whilst looking all this time for the magic in the world, it's been inside you all along? No matter how far you travel, how wide you spread your wings and learn to fly if you have no idea what treasures hide within you you'll be searching your entire life.
Nikki Rowe
#12. Was it for this the wild geese spread The gray wing upon every tide; For this that all that blood was shed, For this. Edward Fitzgerald died, And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone, All that delirium of the brave? Romantic Ireland's dead and gone, It's with O'Leary in the grave.
William Butler Yeats
#13. Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.
Napoleon Bonaparte
#14. We must be quite the sight. Raffe in his red mask with his demon wings spread out in all their scythe-edged glory. A scrawny teenage Daughter of Man brandishing an archangel sword. And a little girl stitched-up to look and behave like a nightmare who is clutching a pair of angel wings.
Susan Ee
#15. For power, you know, is a fretful thing, and hath its wings always spread for flight.
Lew Wallace
#16. It hurts when it don't last, no easy way saying bye. So I'mma spread my wings and head for the sky.
Wiz Khalifa
#17. Spread your wings of love, and let your mind fly to a distant land where love is the air of life.
Debasish Mridha
#18. Spread your wings and let me come inside.
Rod Stewart
#19. It's out of all reason, the number of things you think wrong. Put back your watch. Diet your fever. Spread your wings; rise above the ground. It's never wrong to do that." She
Henry James
#20. If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.
Jack Welch
#21. Poised for flight, Wings spread bright, Spring from night into the Sun.
Robert Hunter
#22. Since I have spread my wings to purpose high,
The more beneath my feet the clouds I see,
The more I give the winds my pinions free,
Spurning the earth and soaring to the sky.
Giordano Bruno
#23. How wonderful it must be, I thought, to be able to just spread your wings whenever you like without someone following you around trying to swat you out of the sky.
Gina Holmes
#24. While childhood, and while dreams, producing childhood, shall be left, imagination shall not have spread her holy wings totally to fly the earth.
Charles Lamb
#26. A young girl needs to spread her wings, but a young woman needs roots.
Sydney Logan
#27. Why a bird?"
Another shrug. "They're free you know? They can go anywhere they want, whenever they want. They can just spread their wings and go.
Larissa Ione
#28. He would do things for he'd do for no one else, but while he'd empty the sky for her so she could spread her wings, fly, he would not set her free. She belonged to him, would always belong to him
Nalini Singh
#29. And, together, the two soft forms, overlapping yet distinct, were like misty wings of silence, exquisitely-spun and spread full, surrounding our Lord in graceful symphony.
Gina Marinello-Sweeney
#30. As I spread my wings in politics, I discovered many Thatcher voters down south who were the same kind of people who loathed her in Scotland. They were puzzled by the Scots' antipathy, given the Falklands war and the strong militaristic history of the Highlands and elsewhere.
Charles Kennedy
#31. Flight, its upper and lower wings spread wide, its toy-car wheels resting lightly on the grass, its long tail tapering behind. The weather was fine with gentle breezes, and the little aircraft trembled in the wind,
Ken Follett
#32. My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more as a choice to spread my wings than anything. Writers, like good wine, should mature with age.
Ted Dekker
#33. But on those Friday afternoons, ambition did not spread its wings to embrace the study of medicine. We all wanted to be masters like our teachers. Their life appeared to be so enjoyable. All they had to do was learn the lessons set, by heart, and sit and hear boys repeat them by rote.
Austin Clarke
#34. Oh Jesus, oh Zeus, oh Odin," Anya dropped the stick and started shaking. "Oh shit." The bird spread out its wings, which slowly transformed back into arms and the rest followed until it was a man once more.
Amy Kuivalainen
#35. Home will always be here
Unseen, out of sight
Where I disappear and hide
I think dreamy things as I'm waving goodbye
So I'll spread out my wings and fly
Owl City
#36. The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have been flown for religious ideals.
William James
#37. Books open new worlds to me.
Aya Ling
#38. Lend me your wings, bird. I'll spread them and fly on the thermals.
Stephen King
#39. I spread my majestic wings. I had really done it! I was a noble falcon, lord of the sky. I launched myself off the sidewalk and flew straight into the fence.
Rick Riordan
#40. In the valley of sorrow, spread your wings.
Susan Sontag
#41. Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day And dances by false glare at night; But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves To spread its wings in Nature's light.
W.H. Davies
#42. Silence gradually spread its great, fragile butterfly wings across the ward. The sun had disappeared, replaced by grey and rain. This particular month of July was reading the script for March.
Martin Page
#43. I'm always looking for new ways to spread my creative wings.
Ariana Madix
#44. His body distorted, eyes appeared all over him, and wings spread from his back - three wings on each side. My breath caught. They were magnificent. Then they burst into flames, raging red and blue fire, and he just stood there in front of me, his arms slightly apart as he burned. Then he was gone.
Jessica Shirvington
#46. I have always said,
on the birth of dreams,
That they must form wings and spread.
For there is no sadder sight it seems,
Than that of dreams that are dead.
Trygvie Jensen
Trygvie Jensen
#48. The real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings.
Abraham Flexner
#49. His leap was exact, mathematical. The initial arc - head tucked between taut arms that spread out gradually like wings - was as graceful as a swan dive.
Juan Filloy
#50. Something primal shifted and spread its jagged wings inside him, unfurling along his limbs, flowing like liquid steel through his veins. He
Sarah Fine
#52. I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've never done before.
Alan Jay Lerner
#53. I am not certain I liked you referring to my brother as a monster." There was a trace of humor in Mikhail's voice.
"You should hear what I call you behind your back," Gregori said, even as his arms spread to accommodate the wings forming.
Christine Feehan
#54. I stood on the balcony dark with mourning ... hoping the earth would spread its wings in my uninhabited love.
Pablo Neruda
#55. When the stormy winds of life threaten to knock you down, may you have the courage to spread your wings and fly!
Lance Wubbels
#56. My feet will tread soft as a deer in the forest. My mind will be clear as water from the sacred well. My heart will be strong as a great oak. My spirit will spread an eagle's wings, and fly forth.
Juliet Marillier
#57. I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
Mae West
#58. Happiness is within you ... so unlock the chains from your heart and let yourself grow- like the sweet flower you are. I know the answer- just spread your wings and set yourself free.
Jimi Hendrix
#59. Healthy love, I always think, is ... wanting the person you love to be more of themselves. And I think for a parent that's a challenge, because you have to let a baby spread its wings.
Anne-Marie Duff
#60. You too are an exile, I thought. You morn for the broad open steppes where you have room to spread your icy wings. Here you feel stifled and constricted, like an eagle that cries and beats against the bars of its iron cage.
Mikhail Lermontov
#62. Five minutes later, with Calypso's arms around his waist, Leo spurred Festus into flight. The bronze dragon spread his wings, and they soared into the unknown.
Rick Riordan
#63. We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
#64. May cricket continue to flourish and spread its wings. The world can only be richer for it.
Donald Bradman
#65. I feel more like I'm a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.
Alicia Keys
#66. And in that moment, I felt my own ignorance spread suddenly out behind me like a pair of wings, and every single thing I didn't know was a feather on those wings. I could feel them tugging at the air, restless to be airborne.
Frank Cottrell Boyce
#67. The great greatest gift you can give him is the freedom to spread his wings.
Francine Rivers
#68. What the devil is that? Jack asked.
Frannie eased around to see what Jack was staring at. Greystone's back bore a painting of an unusual creature with fire coming out of its mouth and wings spread wide.
Lorraine Heath
#69. As a creative person, you need to sort of spread your wings and try different things out because each one really does inform the other.
Carla Gugino
#70. In order to fly you have to create space in the open air so that your wings can really spread out. It's like a parachute. They only work from a high altitude. To fly you have to begin taking risks. If you don't want to, maybe the best thing is just to give up, and keep walking forever.
Jorge Bucay
#71. We must not be afraid to reveal the rainbow buried deep within us, to spread our wings and help make the world flourish.
Chip St. Clair
#72. I spread my wings and welcome the new into my life. I find the courage within to embrace the new as I rise from the ashes and deepen my life experience.
Lee-Anne Peters
#73. We need this city to actually live up to its name-The City of Angels. We need to spread our wings. We need to show that we are more than red carpets, we are more than Hollywood, that we are a city ourselves of open arms. We are a city of generosity and compassion.
Maria Shriver
#75. The volume of twaddle from critics is directly proportional to the distance you keep from them. There is always room to spread your wings when you fly solo.
J.N. Race
#76. Spread your wings, tokshi, and fly. Soar above them, make their eyes tear as they stare into the sun to watch you reach new heights.
Elise Kova
#77. I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
Flavor Flav
#78. The truth remains quiet inside us,floundering like a battered bird,desperately wanting to spread its
wings and fly away.
-TARA
Amita Trasi
#79. Beautiful." "And scary," Sara said. "It's not scary at all," said Artham with a laugh. He ran to the edge of the cliff and jumped. The others gasped and then fell into nervous laughter as he spread his wings and soared out over the water.
Andrew Peterson
#80. A bird awoke in his chest, and it cautiously spread its wings, amazed to find that it was still alive. It wanted out. It wanted to burst from his chest, taking his heart with it, and soar up into the sky.
Nina George
#81. No matter how difficult the challenge, when we spread our wings of faith and allow the winds of God's spirit to lift us, no obstacle is too great to overcome.
Roy Lessin
#82. My soule her wings doth spread
And heaven-ward flies,
Th' Almighty's Mysteries to read
In the large volumes of the skies.
William Habington
#83. When she spread her wings and leaped screeching into the air she had not the slightest doubt that every hand below her would stretch to catch her. And if one could leap from a height with no fear of falling, could one not be said to possess the secret of flight? Just like a bird, just like a god.
David Anthony Durham
#84. We must judge the tree by its fruit. The best fruits of the religious experience are the best things history has to offer. The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, and bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have all been flown for religious ideals.
William James
#85. Fire burned in her heart, and her wounded soul spread out, casting a shadow like wings across her country.
Kiersten White
#86. To the sky, I rise / Spread my wings, and fly / I leave the past behind / And say goodbye to the scared child inside / I sing for freedom, and for love / I look at my reflection / Embrace the woman I've become / The unbreakable lotus in me / I now set free
Christina Aguilera
#87. I think sometimes in life, you have to spread your wings and fly
L.W. Michelle
#88. Within the next few decades, autos will have folding wings that can be spread when on a straight stretch of road so that the machine can take to the air.
Eddie Rickenbacker
#89. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed;
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!
George Gordon Byron
#90. Escape from the cage of beliefs
Spread the wings of love,
Now fly in your sky of imagination.
Debasish Mridha
#91. Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.
George Herbert
#92. Never deter from your path of determination and commitment. There may be obstacle but never fret. These obstacles are to make you more strong and committed to spread your wings of determination so that you can fly higher and higher to touch the sky of achievement.
Anil Sinha
#93. I am very bad at factual exams, yes-or-no questions, but can spread my wings with essays.
Oliver Sacks
#94. That's the bittersweet joy of ministry. We see people healed, and then we watch them move on in victory. Sometimes, it means saying goodbye. We must learn to celebrate as our fledgling birds spread their wings and fly into freedom, even if that flight pattern takes them far away from us.
Katherine J. Walden
#95. His wings - she's never seen them fully spread, massive and strong. She wants to tell him that this is how he was meant to be - as wrong as it was for her to do this to him, as wrong as it feels, he is this person in this moment, and there's nothing more beautiful.
Julianna Baggott
#96. We were all born with wings. In times of doubt: spread them.
Kevin Myers
#97. That's not how you're going to live, Bird Girl. Not on my account. Spread those strong wings of yours. Fly.
Annabel Pitcher
#98. Small! I'm mot going to be small anymore. I'm going to be a dragon, with wings like lacquer fans and jets of fire breath for roasting up goose suppers midair! Pippin spread out her arms, imagining them wings. Why not? she asked herself.
Laini Taylor
#99. Our government is a bird with two right wings ... They're devoted to the perpetuation & spread of corporate capitalism.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
#100. Look to the horizon, spread your wings, and fly.
Tom Reilly
