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Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. -- Winston Churchill
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. -- Lewis Mumford
Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts. -- Lawrence Hargrave
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine. -- George Herbert
When the winds of adversity come, remember one thing--kites fly the very highest against the wind. Kites don't fly in spite of opposition, kites fly high because of opposition. In fact, they couldn't fly without opposition. -- John By
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Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. -- Lauren Bacall
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. -- John Petit-Senn
Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind. -- Frank Harris
Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind. -- Hamilton Wright Mabie
a kite is a victim you are sure of. you love it because it pulls. -- Leonard Cohen
My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place. -- Elizabeth Berg
My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in. -- Jeff Bridges
You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite. -- Alan Cohen
The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall. -- William Arthur Ward
The mind is like the wind. You're trying to stop the wind, dressed as a kite. How are you going to do it? -- Mooji
Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention. -- Keith Henson
The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it. -- Francis Quarles
Such bickerings to recount, met often in these our writers, what more worth is it than to chronicle the wars of kites or crows flocking and fighting in the air? -- John Milton
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. -- Anais Nin
And I began to let him go. Hour by hour. Days into months. It was a physical sensation, like letting out the string of a kite. Except that the string was coming from my center. -- Augusten Burroughs
I spent a lot of winters in my childhood flying kites with my brother, with my cousins, with friends in the neighborhood. It's what we did in the winter. Schools close down. There was not much to do. -- Khaled Hosseini
I very rarely saw Tom Kite around. I've talked to Tom about it. I don't think Michael Jordan needed to be on the captain's cart with Kite; he needed to be walking in the gallery, supporting them from outside the ropes. -- Payne Stewart
Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind of cow? Well, we can do it. We know how. If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good. -- Dr. Seuss
Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words. Careful with fire, is good advice we know Careful with words, is ten times doubly so. Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead; But God Himself can't kill them when they're said. -- Will Carleton
And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble history extending back 3,000 years haven't yet worked out that a pair of knitting needles is no way to capture food? -- Bill Bryson
You can teach people specific reasoning, such as how to fly a kite or build a wheel. General reasoning cannot be imparted upon people, particularly if they like things the way they are - meaning, if their reactions are very simple. The reason most people behave badly or poorly is because they only understand simple things. -- Jacque Fresco
Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting. -- Dr. Seuss
Paraphrased: When Chuang Tzu was about to die, his disciples began planning a splendid funeral. However some disciples expressed concern that given a particular arrangement, birds and kites would eat his remains. Chuang Tzu replied, "Well, above ground I shall be eaten by crows and kites, below it by ants and worms. What do you have against birds? -- Zhuangzi
In the embrace's release I caught the scent again. Unmistakable. Marijuana. These homos were high as kites. -- Emily M. Danforth
With snow came the kites, once the rulers of Kabul's winter skies, now timid trespassers in territory claimed by streaking rockets and fighter jets. -- Khaled Hosseini
Mostly, though, I dream of good things...I dream that flowers will bloom in the streets..again and music will play in the...houses and kites will fly in the skies. -- Khaled Hosseini
How can rogue terrorists in Iraq detonate bombs? They're all too busy flying kites with their children! Hasn't [Katrina vanden Heuvel (Queen of the May at the fun-loving Nation magazine)] seen Fahrenheit 9/11? -- Ann Coulter
children are simply human beings who are allowed to do what everyone else really desires to do, as for instance, to fly kites, or when seriously wronged to emit prolonged screams for several minutes. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
Give weather reports. It helps the reality of a scene if foghorns are blowing or kites are in the sky on a windy afternoon or the day's so hot wallpaper is peeling off the walls. -- Sid Fleischman
I have loved this life. I smile because I have tiny dreams that play hopscotch at the corners of my mouth. And every time I breathe they float, every time I laugh, they fly kites. -- Shane Koyczan

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