Soaring may refer to:
- Gliding, in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes
- Lift (soaring), a meteorological phenomenon used as an energy source by some aircraft and birds
- An increased speed of growth in a mountains height
- Soaring (magazine), a magazine produced by the Soaring Society of America
- SOARING, a public artwork at Alverno College
- List of soaring birds
Famous quotes containing the word soaring:
“Think of our little eggshell of a canoe tossing across that great lake, a mere black speck to the eagle soaring above it!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery—always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What’s this passion for?”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
“O Holy Wisdom, Soaring Power, encompass us with wings unfurled,
and carry us, encircling all, above, below, and through the world.”
—Hildegard Von Bingen (1078–1179)