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Quotations by Subject: Birds (25 quotes)

Results from Cole's Quotables:

Use the talents you possess -- for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best.: Unknown
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best.: Unknown
To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.: William Henry Channing
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.: Robert Burton (1577 - 1640)

Results from Poor Man's College:

If the world were so organized that everything has to be fair, no living creature could survive for a day. The birds would be forbidden to eat worms, and everyone's self-interest would have to be served.: Author Unknown
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.: Dale Carnegie

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