80 Bird Quotes

Bird quotes demonstrate the beauty and value that these beautiful creatures fulfill among us. Birds can teach us how to work hard for what we eat. They can show us how to go about our business regardless of the storms that we experience.

Birds can teach us more than we realize. Give thought to the analogies about birds and life. Encouraging and inspirational words that will give you food for thought and just may help you soar higher than you think.


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  1. Ah, that's the reason a bird can sing - on his darkest day he believes in Spring. Douglas Malloch
    Poems About Birds



  2. To me, the garden is a doorway to other worlds; one of them, of course, is the world of birds. The garden is their dinner table, bursting with bugs and worms and succulent berries.  Anne Raver
    Garden Poems



  3. While different types of birds fly to their respective winter homes, and where friendships may decay with time, Christian fellowship demonstrates that no one has to ever be alone in their earthly walk. Kate Summers



  4. Use the talents you possess - for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best.  Henry VanDyke



  5. I enjoy a special friendship relationship. It is with the hummingbirds who always recognize me when they come to their feeder. Victoria L. Adenson



  6. When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head! William Blake



  7. The tones of a loving voice, like birds in Spring, doth sweetly sing John Imrie, Be Mine



  8. What a delightful study of birds and birding - smart, witty, engaging, and beautifully observed.
  9. What a delightful study of birds and birding - smart, witty, engaging, and beautifully observed.   Jennifer Ackerman, The Genius of Birds
    Garden Quotes



  10. We have a secret, just we three, the robin, and I, and the sweet cherry tree; the bird told the tree, and the tree told me Unknown, A Secret



  11. Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds too, with joy and enthusiasm, they are free! Catherine Pulsifer, Garden of Tales
    Funny Garden Poems



  12. God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. Jacques Deval
    Quotes About Nature



  13. And make us happy in the darting bird that suddenly above the bees is heard Robert Frost, A Prayer In Spring



  14. April ...the air's alive with chirps and tweets, cheerful sounds that can't be beat Catherine Pulsifer, April Transformation



  15. God's garden, where the thrushes sing....nightingales chant as the day grows dim,gayly glistens the hummingbird. C. Brooks, Sweet Marjoram
    God's Garden Poem



  16. And what a pleasing sound is heard from yon small lark now on the wing; 'twas Thou, kind Father, made the bird, and taught it how to sweetly sing. M. E. B., Summer
    Summer Poems



  17. Birds sing sweetly, all day long, March brings nature's rhapsodic song. Catherine Pulsifer, Spring Now Blooms
    March Poems



  18. As flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves; the song-birds leave us at the summer's close Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Harvest Moon
    Harvest Moon Poems



  19. Oh, little birds, and blossoms fair. Bright heralds of the Spring Author Unknown, A Message from the Open Tomb



  20. Like us, animals and birds have families and  bonds.
  21. Like us, animals and birds have families and bonds. Samir Kamat, Wild Frames



  22. The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings. James Barrie



  23. Then spring emerges, full of life, with melodies of birds in the air. Catherine Pulsifer, Transitions
    Poems About the Change of Seasons



  24. With purpose and grace, through the boundless sky, witness the spectacle as migrants bid goodbye. Catherine Pulsifer, Fall Migration
    September Poems



  25. There's never a wind in all the sky but makes some bird's wing fleeter. Unknown, Set The World Rejoicing



  26. Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realisation that life in incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine. Hiral Nagda



  27. As the birds come in Spring, we know not from where...so come to the Poet his songs Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



  28. 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



  29. Birding is our most democratic way to connect to nature...
  30. Birding is our most democratic way to connect to nature, because birds are everywhere - from inner cities to the deepest wilderness.   Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods
    Environment Quotes



  31. I love watching the sunrise and sunset and the sky, the birds. Manisha Koirala
    Sunset Quotes



  32. Yes, the day is dying...songbirds soon will tuck their heads 'neath their wings, while woodland rovers Elsie E. Egermeier, Sunset On The Blackhawk
    Poems About Sunset



  33. I love to rise in a summer morn, when the birds sing on every tree William Blake, The Schoolboy



  34. What do the leaves do through the long summer hours, they make a home for the wandering birds Unknown, The Lessons Of The Leaves
    Poems About Leaves



  35. April's melody lingers in the laughter of blossoms and the song of birds. Lucy V. Smitty
    April Quotes



  36. Sweetly are the birds singing at Easter dawn E. D. C., Bells Ringing



  37. There is healing in the songbird, tis a tonic, more than wine.
  38. There is healing in the songbird, tis a tonic, more than wine.   Leonora Milliken Boss, The Healing Power of Nature
    Nature Poems



  39. And from the birch and elm and rough-browed pine, the birds begin to serenade the day. Alice Cary
    Poems About Mountains



  40. Nothing compares to the distinctive sounds of a songbird serenading outside your window to add calmness to your life.. Victoria L. Adenson



  41. A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou



  42. The birds singing gayly, that came at my call-give me them — and the peace of mind, dearer than all! John Hbirdsoward Paine, Home, Sweet Home



  43. Urban parks and plantings sometimes support a surprising variety of birds, and these can often be new to a first-time visitor in the region.  Andrew Vallely, Birds of Central America
    Garden Verses



  44. We who watch birds today embrace a holistic outlook on the world around us.
  45. We who watch birds today embrace a holistic outlook on the world around us. We share spaces, simultaneously natural and artificial, with wildlife.  Ted Floyd, How to Know the Birds
    Butterfly Poem



  46. Friendship is like a bird in the air, it flutters and flies, in summer it comes, in winter is gone, leaves desolate homes. W. J. Slater



  47. The earth has music for those who listen. William Shakespeare



  48. There's never a robin but thrills some heart, his dawnlike gladness voicing Unknown, Small Sweet Ways



  49. The birds sing their sweet songs of praise, they toil, yet their voices are ringing with melodies humans can’t raise. Greta Zwaan, Sounds of Silence



  50. I saw you toss the kites on high and blow the birds about the sky; and all around I heard you pass Robert Louis Stevenson, The Wind
    Poems About The Wind



  51. Sing sweet, little bird, sing out to your mate that hides in the leafy grove...and tell him of all your love; Phoebe Cary, Song
    Famous Poems



  52. Like seeing a bird in a tree or flying in the sky, you cannot experience life unless your vision is clear.
  53. Like seeing a bird in a tree or flying in the sky, you cannot experience life unless your vision is clear.  Theodore W. Higgingsworth



  54. With March comes in the pleasant spring, when little birds begin to sing; To build their nests, to hatch their brood. With tender care provide them food. Unknown
    Poems About The Seasons



  55. Even as the small bird shall receive the food its mother gives, nor grieve lest that to-morrow fail; so we lifting our lips and hearts to Thee trust Thee for all the days we live. Katharine Tynan, Our Daily Bread



  56. The singing birds of the lawn have fled, and the year is waning, too, 'tis said; 'Tis autumn! Isaac W. Sanborn, Autumn
    Autumn Poems



  57. The Spring has come, the blessfed Spring, our hearts with praise are glad; we'll fly, like birds, with speedy wing Caleb Davis Bradlee, Spring
    Spring, Summer, Autumn Poems



  58. Mirrors and Cds-reflective surfaces attract birds and are fun in the sunlight. Make mobiles and hang from tree limbs! Jane Parr-Whitehead



  59. The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
  60. The bluebird carries the sky on his back.   Henry David Thoreau



  61. A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke;
    The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?  Edward Hersey Richards



  62. Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them? Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy



  63. I get to enjoy the tranquility and peace of mind that results from watching colorful birds flitter around my lawn or deer grazing in my neighbor's pasture field.  Rick Rouse



  64. Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
  65. Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes



  66. It's little I can tell about the birds in books; and yet I know them well, by their music and their looks Henry VanDyke, The Echo In The Heart



  67. A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.  Bret Harte



  68. Close your eyes with feelings best. For the birds have hushed the song
    They were chirping all day long, and the night makes this request:
    Go to rest! Bernhart Paul Holst, Good Night



  69. It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
  70. It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.  Aesop



  71. Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?  Rose F. Kennedy



  72. We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.



  73. Birds ...have so much to teach us about ourselves and our world.
  74. Birds ...have so much to teach us about ourselves and our world.   David Yarnold



  75. Thank God for sea and sky, for changing hours,
    For trees and singing birds and fragrant flowers  Thomas Durley Landels
    Sky Quotes



  76. Spring would not be spring without bird songs.
  77. Spring would not be spring without bird songs.  Francis M. Chapman
    Spring Poems



  78. The early bird gets the worm.  American Proverb



  79. 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



  80. Poor indeed is the garden in which birds find no homes
  81. Poor indeed is the garden in which birds find no homes   Abram L. Urban
    Garden Verses



  82. You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren. William Henry Hudson



  83. Feeding the birds in the winter is a wonderful activity. Your feathered friends will appreciate your efforts as food is scarce especially at this time of the year. Catherine Pulsifer



  84. If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
  85. If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.   Chinese Proverb



  86. The bird rises against a strong head wind, not only in spite of the wind but because of it. The opposing force becomes a lifting force if faced at the right angle. L.B. Cowman
    Wind Quotes



  87. When the grass is stiff with frost, and Winter really comes - don't forget the birds -for they can do with all the crumbs Patience Strong



  88. The happy birds — the tuneful birds, how pleasant 'tis to see;
    No spot can be a cheerless place where'er their presence be.   Daniel C. Colesworthy



  89. Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
  90. Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. C. Archie Danielson



  91. When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast. John Burroughs
    Poems about Gardens by Famous Poets



  92. One activity that will create lots of fun and provide many hours of pleasure for children and for adults, and more so for the birds, is to string popcorn and cranberries together. Catherine Pulsifer



  93. The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
  94. The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. John Berry



  95. Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.  Bernard Meltzer

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