Jesse Owens Quotes

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?

Our officers and men behaved like men who are determined to be free.

I'm the Eagle: I can fly.

I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar!

No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other and the rest of the world can go to hell.

And yet - and yet - one's kite will rise on the wind as far as ever one has string to let it go. It tugs and tugs and will go, and one is glad the further it goes, even if everybody else is nasty about it.

I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.

I am the hawk and there's blood in my feathers, but time is still turning they soon will be dry. And all those who see me and all who believe in me, share in the freedom I feel when I fly.

Girls should go on thinking that there is a world out there and that it is theirs for the taking.

I got me a car and I got me some gas,Told everybody they could kiss my ass.

You have escaped the cage. Your wings are stretched out. Now fly.

It will take a nation of millions to hold me back.

You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist

Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don't let anyone say, 'You're not smart enough... it's too hard... it's a dumb idea... no one has done that before... girls don't do that.' My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry about what others were saying about my career direction.

You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them.

I'm still fly, I'm sky high and I dare anybody to try and cut my wings

Start using your wings; they need some exercise.

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself

Tell them that as soon as I can walk I'm going to fly!

If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.

Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to.

There's nothing better than being able to give your children wings so they can soar and fly in the direction they want to go in.

And alone and without his nest shall the Eagle fly across the sun.

The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately.