William Butler Yeats Quotes

Irish - Poet June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. - William Butler Yeats

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. William Butler Yeats

Friendship, You, Friends, Strangers, Met

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats

Education, Fire, Lighting, Filling, Pail

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. - William Butler Yeats

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. William Butler Yeats

Motivational, Hot, Wait, Strike, Iron

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. - William Butler Yeats

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. William Butler Yeats

Heart, Romantic, Kiss, Stars, Far Away

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time. - William Butler Yeats

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time. William Butler Yeats

Beautiful, Time, Innocent, Enemy

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. - William Butler Yeats

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. William Butler Yeats

Man, Wise, People, Think, Language, Like

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame! William Butler Yeats

Ride, Dance, Me, Wind, Mountains, World

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. - William Butler Yeats

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats

Man, Think, Friends, Say, Glory, Begins

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone. William Butler Yeats

Light, Alone, Shadow, Lights, Shadows

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round. William Butler Yeats

Dreams, You, Bag, Will, Little, Take

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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. - William Butler Yeats

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. William Butler Yeats

Men, Drunk, Worst, Sober, Some, About

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. - William Butler Yeats

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. William Butler Yeats

Best, Worst, Passionate, Conviction

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity. - William Butler Yeats

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity. William Butler Yeats

Talent, Unity, Genius, Differences

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? - William Butler Yeats

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? William Butler Yeats

Heart, Sacrifice, Long, Stone, May, Make

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. William Butler Yeats

Joy, Tragedy, Temporary, Sense, Him, He

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. - William Butler Yeats

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. William Butler Yeats

Opinions, Empty, Souls, Extreme, Tend

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. - William Butler Yeats

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats

Dreams, You, Because, Tread, Softly

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing. William Butler Yeats

Happiness, Growth, Happy, Pleasure, Nor

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. - William Butler Yeats

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. William Butler Yeats

Life, Life Is A, Long, Preparation

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats

Dreams, You, Feet, Poor, Spread, Only

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught. William Butler Yeats

Moment, Thought, Will, Us, Line, Our

Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. William Butler Yeats

Child, World, You, Sympathy, Understand

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. William Butler Yeats

Love, Truth, Dating, Eye, Die, Wine

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. William Butler Yeats

Soul, Moral, Energy, New, Stronger, Than

We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. William Butler Yeats

Poetry, Others, Out, Quarrel, Make

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. William Butler Yeats

History, Man, Courage, Die, Battle, Why

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