A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

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"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."

- Chinese Proverb

Education

"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still."

- Chinese Proverb

Perseverance

"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses."

- Chinese Proverb

Generosity

"A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom."

- Chinese Proverb

Courage

"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."

- Chinese Proverb

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

- Leonardo DaVinci

Inspiration

"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives."

- Socrates

Inspiration

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air."

- Wilbur Wright

Inspiration

"Sometimes, flying feels too God-like to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see."

- Charles A. Lindbergh

Inspiration

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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