Franklin D. Roosevelt
Politician
"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests."
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Eagles
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Winston Churchill
Politician, Writer, Historian
"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."
Joyce Meyer
Author, Speaker
"The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!"
Carl Sandburg
Poet, Biographer
"There is an eagle in me that wants to soar."
Napoleon Hill
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Celebrate your success and stand strong when adversity hits, for when the storm clouds come in, the eagles soar while the small birds take cover."
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"Birds in flight fascinate me. I admire eagles and falcons. I’m inspired by a feather but also its color, its graphics, its weightlessness and its engineering. It’s so elaborate. In fact I try and transpose the beauty of a bird to women."
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"Does the Eagle know what is in the pit Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?"
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"If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all the nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples, and as fast as they learn our language and comprehend the duties of citizenship, we should incorporate them into the American body politic. The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come."
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"The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it, Even eagles as they fly do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love."
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"There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud."
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"I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on."
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"After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws."
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"The future does not belong to those who attack our Embassies and Consulates and kill our Ambassadors. The Angel of Death in the form of an American Bald Eagle will visit you and wreak havoc and destruction upon your existence."
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"Common hypocrites pass themselves off as doves; political and literary hypocrites pose as eagles. But don't be fooled by their eagle-like appearance. These are not eagles, but rats or dogs."
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"If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can't be flocking with the turkeys."
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"The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow"
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"Fly, on your way, like an eagle / Fly as high as the Sun."
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"As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill."
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"But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind."
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"The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch."
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"Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren"
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"But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.One day a tortoise will learn how to fly."
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"So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten."
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"A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind."
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"The eagle has no liberty; he only has loneliness."
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