43 Powerful Lion Quotes

If you want to be a lion, you have to train with lions. -ANONYMOUS. Here are 43 Powerful Lion Quotes.

Lion Quotes

1. “Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.” - AESOP

2. “The lion is an emblem of the dream of absolute power -- and, as a wild rather than a domestic animal, he belongs to a world outside the realm of society and culture.” - CHARLES H. HINNANT

3. “Lions at home, foxes abroad.” - ROMAN PROVERB

4. “The creation of freedom for oneself and a sacred "No" even to duty -- for that, my brothers, the lion is needed.” - FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

5. “Doth frugality become a prince? Though the ant gathereth subsistence for a year, yet how can a lion store up his daily food?” - IBN SABIR

6. “Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” - ZIMBABWEAN PROVERB

7. “The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn't know what a lion is. He just thinks he does.”- CHARLES BUKOWSKI

8. “Another custom holds that the lion is the only animal of the cat tribe born with its eyes open and it is said that it sleeps in a state of watchfulness. Whether true or not, no one would dispute its fantastic ability to see in the dark.” - LESTER HARRY WRIGHT

9. “The blood more stirs. To rouse a lion than to start a hare.” - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

10. “An injured lion still wants to roar.” - RANDY PAUSCH

11. “The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.” - WOODY ALLEN

Lion Quotes

12. “Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?” - FRIEDRICH SCHILLER

13. “Knowledge is like a lion; it cannot be gently embraced.” - SOUTH AFRICAN PROVERB

14. “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.” - BIBLE

15. “Nature only shows us the tail of the lion. I am convinced, however, that the lion is attached to it, even though he cannot reveal himself directly because of his enormous size.” - ALBERT EINSTEIN

16. “Noble blood! bah! What blood is more noble or so pure as that of the lion? And yet he is only a brute.” - MICHEL LE FAUCHEUR

17. “Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” - ZIMBABWEAN PROVERB

18. “Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.” - JOCELYN MURRAY

19. “I hear a lion in the lobby roar.” - JAMES BRAMSTON

20. “Lions make leopards tame.” - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

21. “An army of asses led by a lion is vastly superior to an army of lions led by an ass.” - GEORGE WASHINGTON

22. “The hind that would be mated by the lion, Must die for love.” - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Lion Quotes

23. “Thou wear a lion's hide! Doff it for shame, And hang a calfskin on those recreant limbs.” - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

24. “An injured lion still wants to roar.” - RANDY PAUSCH

25. “The gait of the lion is relaxed until he is ready to charge. The charge is a series of great springs.” - THEODORE M. VESTAL

26. “Of all animals, the outward form of the Lion is the most striking; his look is bold and confident; his gait proud, and his voice terrible; and from his great strength and agility, is usually styled the king of beasts.” - WILLIAM PINNOCK

27. “It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road.”- ROBERT E. HOWARD

28. “The lion is grumpy. The animal chatter has wakened it from a deep sleep. Who disturbs my sleep? Come forward if you dare! Nobody stirs.” - DONA HERWECK RICE

29. “Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.” - IVAN PANIN

30. “The lion is passion, the lion is the fire. Lions call you to them.” - MICHAEL SAMUELS

31. “Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.” - MARTIN AMIS

32. “Who is brave enough to tell the lion that his breath stinks?” - BERBER PROVERB

33. “A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man.” - TURKISH PROVERB

Lion Quotes

34. “Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.” - AARON HILL

35. “So the lion is the law-breaker. Just as to the primitive man the lion is the lawbreaker, the great nuisance, dangerous to human beings and to animals, that breaks into the Kraal at night and fetches the bull out of the herd: he is the destructive instinct.” - CARL JUNG

36. “I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.” - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

37. “That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.” - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

38. “Better a live dog than a dead lion.” - PAUL HOFFMAN

39. “I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.” - NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

40. “I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar. - WINSTON CHURCHILL

41. “It's a mystery," replied the Lion. "I suppose I was born that way. All the other animals in the forest naturally expect me to be brave, for the Lion is everywhere thought to be the King of Beasts. I learned that if I roared very loudly every living thing was frightened and got out of my way.” - L. FRANK BAUM

42. “A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing.” - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

43. “My soul is among lions.” - BIBLE Psalms 57:4