Lion Quotes

The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.

George Edward Herbert

Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion.

Martial

A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing.

William Shakespeare

It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.

Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash

It is no accident that the photographer becomes a photographer any more than the lion tamer becomes a lion tamer.

I walk in the sprinkling rain like a lion. Pretty soon there won't be lions anymore. If I have to die to be a lion I'll die. I'm roaring, but in the language of rain and sand: I am invisible, I blend in, and I'm not hungry so everyone is safe. I can just observe them, join them, I can admire them, I can pity them and love them. They're so pathetically beautiful I could cry. How could I ever forget that this world is gorgeous and interesting? Every little detail is a gateway to huge canyons of knowledge and understanding. And it's all so sexy. Nothing is restrained, everything is perfectly, ripely, ravishingly itself, and swollen with signs and information that link it in the web.

Always be careful of where you run to. When the going gets tough, take it easy and slow down, else you venture into the den of lions.

Michael Bassey Johnson

A dog might feel as majestic as a lion, might bark as loud as a roar, might have a heart as mighty and brave as a Lion's heart,But at the end of the day, a dog is a dog and a lion is a lion.

A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena. A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey. A nightingale does not stop singing its beautiful song at the intrusion of an annoying woodpecker.

Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone's finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair?

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.

If Sean's voice is layers of wood, and Mina Ma's is the voice a copper pot, then Mathew Mercer's is the voice of a wild animal. I suddenly think of a movie Ammara and I loved when we were little, and I think of Scar, the lion who murdered his brother to become king. That kind of voice.

A dog barks, but a lion strikes.

Matshona Dhliwayo

How much does an elephant weigh?

When an animal comes between the lion and its prey, the animal first becomes the prey before the main prey.

The machines are too dull when weare lion-poems that move & breathe.

Michael McClure

She was resilientA brave soldier when life tested herIt didn't matter that she did strange thingslike stand tall under the rainletting the drops kiss her skinthinking the storm was romanticIt was hard to quiet hernot that you would want towhen she spoke, it was captivatingHer heart was like a candlewarm and delicatejust what you needed during darknessSometimes, she'd go off and explore the worldtest her limitslaugh too muchcry when humans were cruelIt wasn't hard to see why people envied herYou'd come to realize she was a lionand she could not be tamed.

He’s a he. I mean he’s a guy. He’s your mate. Oh my God you’re gay!” Aleks exclaimed. Liam slapped himself on the forehead.

Aleks opened his mouth to reassure his friend when heheard something that chilled him to the bone.“Aleksander Aaron Arkadion! What in the hell is wrong with you! Why are you dragging that mangledcorpse through town? You traumatized an entire first-grade class on a field trip to the town center,” Ma said,striding up to them pointing down to the body that Aleks still had a hold of.He looked down at the ankle he was holding.“Fuck my life.” Aleks looked behind his ma at the trail of blood heading back to the ice cream parlor.Liam laughed, his arms wrapped around his waist holding his sides.

Better a live dog than a dead lion.

A lion's strength does not lie in its roar.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Isn’t it strange how a lamb can feel like a lion when comparing itself to a mouse, whereas a lion feels like a lamb when measuring itself against dragons?

Richelle E. Goodrich

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8)

Bible. New International Version

[B]eware trying to bend the Truth to fit your story instead of facing it head-on. That was your father's mistake. And that's how a Snake becomes a Lion and a Lion becomes a Snake. Because the more you bend the Truth to fit a story, the more it turns into Lies without you even realizing it.

It is only wishful thinking that makes a sheep seek that a lion feeds on grass just to make it comfortable.

Magnus Nwagu Amudi

Its too hard to make a Lion Angry... He really doesn't care what others do around him... but if you do hurt His PRIDE... He wont let you live another Day

If a lion kills a gazelle, the Universe does not judge the lion as evil and the gazelle as good. The energy and matter of the gazelle is transferred to the lion. Because we are all connected as one, what appears to be death is in fact transformation and rebirth.

Russell Anthony Gibbs

See this abdicated beast, once kingOf them all, nibble his claws:Not anger enough left—no, nor despair—To break his teeth on the bars.

Cecil Day-Lewis

You’re a good man who happens to be a vampire. We aren’t human, but that doesn’t make us monsters.

I've finally decided to write about profit for a changeBut before I really started I already started to feel lameBaby what's it to a beast who manely to money remains untamed

Aleks opened his mouth to reassure his friend when he heard something that chilled him to the bone.“Aleksander Aaron Arkadion! What in the hell is wrong with you! Why are you dragging that mangled corpse through town? You traumatized an entire first-grade class on a field trip to the town center,” Ma said, striding up to them pointing down to the body that Aleks still had a hold of.He looked down at the ankle he was holding.“Fuck my life.” Aleks looked behind his ma at the trail of blood heading back to the ice cream parlor.Liam laughed, his arms wrapped around his waist holding his sides.

You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl!

Carry A. Nation

YOUR GREATER ANIMALThey say that if you areEver confronted byA lion or bear,To never act scared.Instead act likeYou are the greater animalAnd that they'reThe hareThat you are aboutTo tear.This has beenProvenAnd compared.This is how presidentsAre lovedAnd feared.Each one of us has an animalWithin usThat is armed withMental,Physical orSpiritual giftsThat could shoot spearsThrough the air.So next timeYou are confronted inA fight that seems unfair,Just remember the lion and the bear.MAGNIFYYour greater animalAnd all that feel your magnificenceWill quickly step awayAnd disappear.

A strong ant is better than a weak lion.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A cowardly warrior is like a toothless lion.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion is only dangerous if it has teeth.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't judge a lion by its swimming abilities.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is the ant, not the lion, which the elephant fears.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion's greater talents are revealed in the jungle, not in the circus.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If a lion takes its advice from sheep, it will go hungry.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It's time to make love, douse the glim; The fireflies twinkle and dim; The stars lean together Like birds of a feather, And the loin lies down with the limb.

Don't starve an instinct with a lie on, Never hit or deceive a wounded lion. He heals faster than you can imagine And hurts even more when in famine.

Ana Claudia Antunes

I am bold as a lion.

Lailah Gifty Akita

A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena.

Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz

If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion.

I'm a lion in a strange land.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Assumptions are quick exits for lazy minds that like to graze out in the fields without bother.

Battling wolves today strengthens you for battling lions tomorrow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Brave cubs become fierce lions.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion will never be afraid of sheep, no matter how many outnumber it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Never underestimate a warrior; the lion in him may be sleeping, but that does not mean he’s dead.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion never loses sleep over a sheep's sentiments.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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