A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.
Chuck Jones

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
Vernon Howard

After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.
Bert Lahr

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, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.
Christian Lous Lange

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
George Chapman

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

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.
Baltasar Gracian

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 knows it.
Josh Lucas

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
Baltasar Gracian

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
Oliver Herford

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

Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion.
Samuel Gompers

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
Charles de Gaulle

Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
Giorgos Seferis

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
Jean de La Fontaine

Every dog is a lion at home.
H. G. Bohn

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
Elizabeth I

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

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

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.
John Steinbeck