Famous Quotes on Sparrows

Living in the Moment

1. "Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment." — Mahatma Gandhi
2. "The sparrows jumped before they knew how to fly, and they learned to fly only because they had jumped." — Lauren Oliver, Liesl & Po

Divine Providence

3. "There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow." — William Shakespeare, Hamlet
4. "Matthew ten, verse twenty-nine: Not one sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it." — Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow

Simplicity and Humility

5. "I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows." — Evita Peron
6. "To the seeing eye life is mostly Sparrows." — Will Cuppy, How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes

Nature's Wonders

7. "I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn." — Henry David Thoreau, Walden
8. "The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows." — Donald G. Mitchell

Life's Challenges

9. "In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all." — Hayao Miyazaki
10. "A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the branch." — Siberian Proverb

Music and Poetry

11. "Somewhere, a sparrow is singing in B minor." — Heather O'Neill
12. "When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, my old sorrow wakes and cries." — Jean Ingelow

Wisdom and Reflection

13. "A certain traveler who knew many continents was asked what he found most remarkable of all. He replied: the ubiquity of sparrows." — Adam Zagajewski
14. "He that doth the ravens feed, yea, providently caters for the sparrow." — William Shakespeare

Proverbs and Sayings

15. "A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it." — Proverb
16. "Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all." — Catullus

Observations on Life

17. "The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing." — Eric Berne
18. "The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail." — Amitendranath Tagore

Metaphors and Lessons

19. "If you are a sparrow, don't attack the eagle; be wise! If you are an eagle, don't attack the sparrow; be just!" — Mehmet Murat ildan
20. "One hundred sparrows do not make one eagle." — Mehmet Murat ildan