Feathers have many different meanings, but they have always been associated with freedom, honor, hope and wisdom with spiritual realms. Profoundly inspirational feather quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
If you’re searching for motivational positive quotes and best feelings quotes that perfectly capture what you’d like to say or just want to feel inspired yourself, browse through an amazing collection of empowering tranquility quotes, greatest imperfection quotes and famous lightning quotes.
Famous Feather Quotes
My head is buried in the sands of tomorrow, while my tail feathers are singed by the hot sun of today. John Barrymore
I am a feather for each wind that blows. William Shakespeare
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers. Plautus
I am not of that feather, to shake off my friend when he must need me. William Shakespeare
My tender mercies never fail, for they are new every morning. Maude Rodriquez
Feather by feather, the goose is plucked. John Ray
The power of philosophy floats through my head…light like a feather, heavy as lead. Bob Marley
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers. Tom Waits
I’ve always loved stories of animals and birds that can appear to be human, just by taking off their skins or their feathers. Delia Sherman

Like a feather in a dust storm, with no direction The Raven flies through life, helpless and omitted Until night declares and the wind expires. Then it flies to the land of stones and etchings And becomes an Ember, breaking away. Jessica Sorensen
Style is the feather in the arrow, not the feather in the cap. George Sampson
Imagine if birds were tickled by feathers. You’d see a flock of birds come by, laughing hysterically! Steven Wright
Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. Maya Angelou
Amazing Feather Quotes
Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer. Katharine Hepburn
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead. Plautus
I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. Stephen King
A couple of feathers that we found at Auburn Botanical garden. They are from Cape Barren Geese. The feathers that are in the middle of their back have markings on them that look like heart. Icarus
Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? Jean Paul
We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors. Anne Roiphe
A willing heart adds feather to the heel. Joanne Baillie
If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck’s back. Ellen Swallow Richards
If feathers don’t ruffle, nothing flies. Jessica Raine
Movement is most of what a bird is. When they’re dead, they’re only feathers and air. William Wharton
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Maya Angelou
Hope is a thing with feathers. Emily Dickinson
A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers. Suzy Kassem
My problems are as light as a feather because god carries them for me. Skylar Laine
Words and feathers the wind carries away. George Herbet
Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one. Elbert Hubbard
Top Feather Quotes
May the hinges of friendship never rust, nor the wings of love lose a feather. Edward Ramsay
The brain is wider than the sky. Emily Dickinson
The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Man is a two-legged animal without feathers. Plato
Feathers are light; but when they come together, they become heavy! Mehmat Murat Ildan
Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven: That is by letters written with their quills. Leonardo Da Vinci
The soul, light as a feather, fluid as water, innocent as a child, responds to every movement of grace like a floating balloon. Jean-Pierre De Caussade
Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed. Give me the tightrope. Edith Wharton
There’s nothing better than sinking into my feather pillows after a hard day’s work. Kirsten Prout
It was the kind of sword that would make a lifelong pacifist look for tall boots and a hat with feathers. Illona Andrews
Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind. Shania Twain
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. Aesop
Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. Lord Bryon
A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead. Alexander Pope
I don’t have feathers, but I feel like a bird sometimes. Yves Rossy
Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers. Robert Henri
Feathers predate birds. Robert T. Bakker
A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey. Dolly Parton
As a rule reading fiction is as hard for me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! William James
I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather. Javier Perez De Cuellar
Once you sleep on feathers you can’t go back to sleeping on the floor. Lenny Bruce