There’s something magical about flying. The feeling of ascending into the skies, leaving the world behind, captures the imagination. It’s why people have penned so many inspiring quotes about it. In this article, you’ll find a list of the best flying quotes that capture the spirit of flight and freedom.
Whether you’re an aviation enthusiast or simply dream about flying, these quotes will resonate with you. They remind us of the wonder and exhilaration that comes with taking to the skies. So sit back and let these words lift you up.
Inspiring Flying Quotes
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
“To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. To fly is everything.”
“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“It is a bird’s imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.”
“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
“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.”
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”
“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”
“We fly, but we have no wings; we soar, but we have no sky.”
“The sky is the limit only for those who aren’t afraid to fly!”
“He who leaps for the sky may fall, it’s true. But he may also fly.”
“Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.”
“Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.”
“Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.”
“When everything seems to be against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
“Fly without wings; Dream with open eyes; See in darkness.”
“Come to the edge,” he said. “We can’t, we’re afraid!” they responded. “Come to the edge,” he said. They came. He pushed them. And they flew.”
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.”
“We are all fliers of different skies—a single wing can break the air, but two wings can fly.”
“Your wings already exist. All you have to do is fly.”
“Flying starts from the ground. The more grounded you are, the higher you fly.”
“Birds learn how to fly, never knowing where flight will take them.”
“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.”
“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“You can’t fly unless you let yourself fall.”
“The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”
“To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
“We fly to touch the sun, to feel free, even if just once.”
“Like the wind! Ups and downs, but always moving forward.”
Famous Flying Quotes
“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.”
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
“To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.”
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe.”
“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward.”
“Flying would give such an amazing sense of freedom – not only from the constraints of gravity itself but also from the loosened bonds of daily minutiae.”
“To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.”
“The blue sky is the limit. I always dream about flying.”
“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.”
“The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travel across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through.”
“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.”
“Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.”
“Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.”
“There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“The man who flies an airplane … must believe in the unseen.”
“I’ve always thought that the sky is the grandest cinema, with stars playing out their endless stories every night.”
“Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man. Landing is the first.”
“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.”
“An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding.”
“Life is like a helicopter. I don’t know how to operate a helicopter.”
“A bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.”
“My soul is in the sky.”
“Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe.”
“More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination.”
“In the moment when my wings spread wide, the ground becomes a memory and the sky turns into my reality.”
“The way I see it, the world is just one big sky, and the best place to see it from is from somewhere up there with nothing beneath your feet.”
Funny Flying Quotes
“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?”
“If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?”
“There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.”
“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.”
“In the event of an emergency water landing, your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device… just as if they had a choice.”
“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy, and caring. These feelings just don’t involve anyone else.”
“I have a fear of heights and flying. But on the other hand, I have a very strong urge to be in a plane.”
“Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.”
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
“The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.”
“Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror.”
“I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue!”
“Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff?”
“Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.”
“To most people, the sky’s the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
“Losing your luggage is just one of those things that can remind you that nobody’s perfect.”
“There is no reason to fly such a dangerous aircraft as the B-52 if you don’t have to. It is an outmoded aircraft.”
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe.”
“If black boxes survive air crashes, why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff?”
“An airplane might disappoint any pilot but it’ll never surprise a good one.”
“There are objects so near that you cannot see them in flight. The aircraft that just missed your wingtip, for instance.”
“To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.”
“The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.”
“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.”
“Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.”
“I don’t have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.”
“There are only two ways to fly. Airplane or flapping your arms, and the second one doesn’t look nearly as cool.”
“If flying were the language of man, soaring would be his poetry.”
“The airplane stays up because it doesn’t have the time to fall.”
“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
Philosophical Flying Quotes
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
“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.”
“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.”
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe.”
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
“We all have wings, but it is up to each one of us to find our own way of flying.”
“The sky is not the limit, it is only the beginning.”
“He who leaps for the sky may fall, it’s true. But he may also fly.”
“The art of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“Spread your wings. It’s time to fly. Make the leap. Own the sky.”
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.”
“To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
“Flying is like falling in love, a kind of exultation blended with fear and uncertainty.”
“The blue sky is an open canvas, and the clouds are the brushstrokes of desire.”
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Don’t even listen, simply wait.”
“Why do we have to live in a box? Try to fly outside of the box.”
“When everything seems to be against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.”
“To soar above the clouds is to touch the face of the heavens.”
“Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.”
“You can fly higher than the sky. Shine brighter than the stars.”
“In the sky, there are no limitations, only endless possibilities.”
“For once you have flown, you will dream of the skies forever.”
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe.”
“Flying is not just about the beauty of the journey, but the joy of the destination.”
“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
“Flying solo does not mean you are alone, it means you are free.”
Poetic Flying Quotes
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
“The blue sky is an open book, waiting for wings to write epic poems upon it.”
“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward.”
“Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away.”
“To fly is to unlock the door to your soul and let it soar high above the mundane.”
“When you fly, you feel the thrill of a poet diving into the vast ocean of the sky.”
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe.”
“Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“In the realm of the sky, all boundaries dissolve, and the spirit finds its truest expression.”
“We all have wings, but some of us don’t know why.”
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”
“The dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.”
“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.”
“To fly high, you need to carry less baggage on your shoulders and more wings in your heart.”
“The desire to reach for the skies runs deep in our human psyche.”
“Let your dreams take flight, for it is the wings of ambition that carry the soul to new heights.”
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
“Beneath the heavens, all we are is a fleeting thought on wings of time.”
“Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.”
“Flying is a way of whispering to the infinite vastness, ‘Here, I am, I exist.'”
“The bird who dares to fall is the bird who learns to fly.”
“The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what’s happening up there.”
“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
“I must go up to the skies again, to the lonely sky and the moon, and all I ask is a high-sailing ship, and a star to steer her by.”
“Flying is the only active occupation I know where a man’s brain can almost completely disengage and soar to the heavens.”
“To fly is to touch the hand of God.”
“Wings are the poets of the ether, turning the pages of the winds.”
“Skyward is the only direction worthy of the soul.”
“From the sky, we see the earth as one, a boundless mosaic of unity and diversity.”
Motivational Flying Quotes
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
“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.”
“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
“It is not the journey but the destination that makes flying so special.”
“The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space.”
“Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.”
“In the sky, we find solace and a boundless horizon that fuels our dreams.”
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”
“Spread your wings and let the fairy in you fly!”
“Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.”
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.”
“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.”
“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.”
“The blue sky is an open invitation for those who dream at night and fly by day.”
“The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“He who leaps for the sky may fall, it’s true. But he may also fly.”
“Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.”
“There is an art to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”
“Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly.”
“To most people, the sky’s the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
“The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
“Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.”
“If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.”
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
“Flying is freedom in its purest form.”
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
“When everything seems to be against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
Historical Flying Quotes
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.”
“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.”
“There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white wings.”
“The blue sky is the limit when you’re in a plane that flies.”
“Flying a plane is no different from riding a bicycle. It’s just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.”
“The art of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“The sky is the ultimate art gallery just above us.”
“From the earliest times, man has been fascinated by flight.”
“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.”
“For most people, the sky is the limit. For those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
“To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
“The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.”
“We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! We can learn to fly!”
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
“In the aviation business, you can’t even think twice about failure.”
“To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.”
“When once you have experienced the thrill of 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.”
“The sky above, the earth below, and peace within.”
“Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only then will he fully understand the world in which he lives.”
“It is a thing of beauty to behold the body freely soaring, directed only by the soul.”
“You haven’t truly flown until you’ve done it in a small plane.”
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
“The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.”
“You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to realize that you are so little in the grandness of the skies.”
“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and useful throughout my life.”
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe.”
To Recap
Flying quotes carry a special magic. They stir our sense of adventure, remind us of the power of dreams, and inspire us to rise above life’s challenges. Whether you’re a fan of classic literature or modern-day wisdom, these quotes offer something for everyone. They can lift your spirits and motivate you to soar higher.
We hope this collection of quotes has brightened your day and filled you with a sense of possibility. Whenever you need a boost or a moment of reflection, come back to these quotes. They will always be here to lift you up and remind you of the endless skies waiting to be explored.
