Lion Quotes
534 Lion quotes by 376 unique authors
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I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
— Alexander the Great
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I've eaten sheep's eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
— Bear Grylls
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I would love to go into an animal's dream - like a lion's or a cat's. I'm sure that's pretty awesome.
— Marion Cotillard
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Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.
— Will Cuppy
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It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of…
— Daniel Defoe
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Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
— Elizabeth I
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Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling…
— Nhat Hanh
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We had a lion that was living in somebody's basement outside of Branson, Missouri.
— Tippi Hedren
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Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
— Oliver Herford
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A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
— Vernon Howard
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A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.
— Chuck Jones
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It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
— Elizabeth Kenny
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A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.
— Salman Khan
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I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself.
— Charles Krauthammer
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All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf,…
— Christian Lous Lange
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At a certain point, even if the one alpha male is dominant, at a certain point there's a younger lion that is stronger, and everyone…
— Josh Lucas
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It's an incredibly difficult thing to bring a giraffe down. They can kill a lion with a single blow from their feet.
— Joanna Lumley
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As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don't need a new lamb every…
— Benjamin Netanyahu
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Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak.
— Ted Nugent
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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it…
— Adam Savage
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I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.
— George Bernard Shaw
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You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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I shot my first lion at the age of 14 when a pride threatened my father's livestock while he was away on holiday.
— Wilbur Smith
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For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Who Wrote These Lion Quotes
376 authors contributed a total of 534 Lion Quotes, led by these top contributors: