Lion Proverbs

[Swatopluk]

An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep

[pieces o nine]

Either give me more lions or leave me alone.
~Rumi

[Swatopluk]

Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

[Griffin NoName]

If you were in a burning house and there was a lion and a Rembrandt, what would you save? The lion...you would save the lion, because the lion is alive. The art is dead. It's just paint on a canvas, ink on a page. To live for art is to deny life. It's just to destroy life.

[Swatopluk]

Who is brave enough to tell the lion that his breath smells?

[Griffin NoName]

Our lions and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

[Swatopluk]

Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.

[Griffin NoName]

A team effort is a lot of lions doing what I say.

~Michael Winner

[Swatopluk]

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. ~ Walter Winchell

[Griffin NoName]

The natural superiority of lionesses is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.

[Swatopluk]

A brave man is scared of a lion three times: first when he sees the tracks; second when he hears the first roar; and third when they are face to face. ~ Somali Proverb

[Griffin NoName]

We all have strength enough to endure the lions of others.

[Swatopluk]

For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion. ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn

[Griffin NoName]

However brilliant an action, it should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great lion.

[Swatopluk]

That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~ William Shakespeare