The Eagle
This emblem symbolizes power, fortitude and loftiness. Its colours signify the banner of the Prophet Mohammad. The eagle stands on the globe, its wings touching the flags on both ends. The eagle’s head faces its right.
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Famous quotes containing the word eagle:
“As an eagle stirs up its nest, and hovers over its young; as it spreads its wings, takes them up, and bears them aloft on its pinions, the LORD alone guided him...”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 32:11,12.
“Being wakeful for her sake,
Remembering what she had,
What eagle look still shows,
While up from my heart’s root
So great a sweetness flows
I shake from head to foot.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)