Lions Quotes - Page 19

• Some sins do bear their privilege on earth,
  And so doth yours: your fault was not your folly;
  Needs must you lay your heart at his dispose,
  Subjected tribute to commanding love,
  Against whose fury and unmatched force
  The aweless lion could not wage the fight
  Nor keep his princely heart from Richard's hand.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Fighting, Hands

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.305, Race Point Pub

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• This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant-a man into whom nature hath so crowded humours that his valour is crush'd into folly, his folly sauced with discretion.

  William Shakespeare

  Crush, Men, Elephants

  William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, Isaac Reed (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes : with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.229

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• We must do business in great waters; we must be really on the deck in a storm, if we would see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep. We must have stood side by side with King David; we must have gone down into the pit to slay the lion or have lifted up the spear against the eight hundred, if we would know the saving strength of God's right hand. Conflicts bring experience, and experience brings that growth in grace which is not to be attained by any other means.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Faith, Christian, Kings

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1869). “Gleanings Among the Sheaves”, p.90

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• Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practised it through the ages.

  John Steinbeck

  Grateful, Pride, Men

  John Steinbeck (2002). “America and Americans, and Selected Nonfiction”, Viking Press

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• The novelist does not long to see the
  lion eat grass. He realizes that one and
  the same God created the wolf and the
  lamb, then smiled, “seeing that his
  work was good.”

  Andre Gide

  Long, Novelists, Doe

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• One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ass for a lion.

  Thomas Paine

  Kings, Giving, Ass

  Thomas Paine (2016). “Common Sense”, p.12, Coventry House Publishing

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• Narrow-minded provincialism: Sad to say but true - I am more interested in the mountain lions of Utah, the wild pigs of Arizona, than I am in the fate of all the Arabs of Araby, all the Wogs of Hindustan, all the Ethiopes of Abyssinia.

  Edward Abbey

  Fate, Pigs, Utah

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.46, RosettaBooks

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• Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar because a higher moral law was involved. It was practiced superbly by the early Christians who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks, before submitting to certain unjust laws of the Roman empire.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Christian, Pain, Block

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.93, Beacon Press

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• If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you're fooling yourself. That's like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn't eat him.

  John Spence

  Life Changing, Thinking, World

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• The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

  Ivan Panin

  Anniversary, Pain, Faces

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• Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? ... or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or any other animal one chooses to take for a walk? I have a liking for lobsters. They are peaceful, serious creatures. ... Goethe had an aversion to dogs, and he wasn't mad. They know the secrets of the sea, they don't bark.

  Gerard De Nerval

  Dog, Cat, Animal

  "Lobsters and Lies" by Madeleine Schwartz, www.newyorker.com. August 19, 2011.

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• Because of our situation, God has given us an opportunity to almost transcend our gender, which gives us a vision and sensitivity that other people don't have. They think that being white and male is going to save the world; but life is not The Lion King.

  Jason Reeves

  Kings, Opportunity, Thinking

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• In the image of the lion made He kittens small and curious.

  Heinrich Heine

  Cat, Kitten, Curious

  Heinrich Heine (1866). “The Poems of Heine: Complete”, p.129

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• We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears - to declare our right to awaken.

  Jack Kornfield

  Buddhism, Doubt, Suffering

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• The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.

  Rumi

  Military, Hero, Enemy

  "Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance". Book by Rumi, translated by Camille Adams Helminsk and Kabir Helminski, 1990.

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• I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world into defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepperd. I am lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist until I succeed.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sleep

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.1, Bantam

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• My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear ... now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror.... I will walk where the failure fears to walk.

  Og Mandino

  Heart, Procrastination, Greatness

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• Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper set the clouds to one great roof of flame above the earth, so that I walk through fire, beneath fire, and all in beauty. Being alone I could not be alone, but felt (closer than flesh) the presence of those who once had burned in such transfigurations. My happiness ran through the centuries in one continual brightness. Looking down, I saw the earth beneath me like a rose petaled with mountains, fragrant with deep peace.

  Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

  Sunset, Night, Flames

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• Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Peace, War, Party

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• I’ll wait out here until the two of you are finished. Just call out if you need anything. Like a priest, cop, or lion tamer. (Aimee)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Two, Waiting, Needs

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2005). “Unleash the Night”, p.58, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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• His lion and hippo legs twitched. I wondered if netherworld monsters dreamed of chasing rabbits.

  Rick Riordan

  Monsters, Rabbits, Legs

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles Book 1): The Red Pyramid”, p.282, Penguin UK

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• He said he–meaning you–had been addicted to this drug he fed Sunshine. Getting anything that personal out of you is like removing a tooth from a lion without a tranquilizer. (Talon)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Sunshine, Drug, Teeth

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2005). “Night Pleasures/Night Embrace”, p.745, Macmillan

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• Emeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face was solemn, his hand was on his sword-hilt, and he carried his head high. Jill felt like crying when she looked at his face. And Jewel whispered in the King's ear, "By the Lion's Mane, I almost love this young warrior, Calormene though he be. He is worthy of a better god than Tash.

  C. S. Lewis

  Kings, Eye, Warrior

  C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol VII: The Last Battle”, p.94, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

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• You snore worse. At least I don't turn into a lion in my sleep." "I only did it once." "Once was weird enough, thank you.

  Ilona Andrews

  Sleep, Enough, Turns

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• People who start a sentence with personally (and they're always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit.

  Georgette Heyer

  People, Habit, Thrown

  Georgette Heyer (2010). “Death in the Stocks”, p.43, Random House

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