Are you a brave and courageous person, threading your own path, chasing your goals, and willing to fight to win what you want? Do you firmly stand for what you believe?
If you’re nodding affirmatively, then you have a lion’s heart and I’ve got the perfect lion quotes that’ll resonate with you!
I collected them from various online sources to remind you of your strength and courage and celebrate your lion’s attitude.
Let’s go!
10 Best Fearless Lion Quotes
Here are my 10 favorite lion quotes!
1. “A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man.” — Turkish Proverb
2. “A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” — Vernon Howard
3. “If you want to be a lion, you must train with lions.” — Carlson Gracie
4. “Come out of the masses. Stand alone like a lion and live your life according to your own light.” — Osho
5. “Lions are the ones who never look back on barking dogs.” — M. Rehan Behleem
6. “A lion who breaks the enemy’s ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.” — Rumi
7. “I refuse to be outworked, and I consider myself to have the heart of a lion.” — Draymond Green
8. “If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion.” — Criss Jami
9. “Whatever you do; do it like a lion, wholeheartedly.” — Harsh Tiwari
10. “A lion doesn’t concern itself with the opinion of sheep.” — George R. R. Martin
Inspirational Quotes About Lions
Let the following quotes about a lion’s beauty, bravery, and strength inspire you to always act like one!
1. “It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.” — Elizabeth Kenny
2. “Like a mad one beyond all limits, go where you please and live like a lion, completely free of all fear.” — Enza Vita
3. “Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind.” — Criss Jami
4. “If you could cross a lion and a monkey, that’s what I’d be, because monkeys are funny and lions are strong.” — Marlon Wayans
5. “I may not be a lion, but I am lion’s cub and I have lion’s heart.” — Elizabeth I.
6. “The lion is the defender of faith, strength, valor, fortitude, and kingliness.” — Murray Zimiles
7. “An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.” — Walter Winchell
8. “Lions are neither predators nor killers. They just go for hunting like kings; because they are the kings!” — Munia Khan
9. “The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom.” — Osho
10. “Knowledge is like a lion; it cannot be gently embraced.” — South African Proverb
11. “To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior’s spirit. It takes power to do that.” — Carlos Castaneda
12. “Of all animals, the outward form of the Lion is the most striking; his look is bold and confident; his gait proud; and his voice terrible; and from his great strength and agility, is usually styled the king of beasts.” — William Pinnock
13. “The man, the lion, and the pride can all co-exist together. We do not need to kill and exhaust another to keep ourselves alive.” — Uma Shankari
14. “When a lion doesn’t get its prey, it remains hungry. When the prey saves himself, he has not won, but has saved his life.” — Uday Kotak
15. “The lion is wonderful and all the beasts of the earth are not much beside it.” ― T.M. Cicinski
16. “My number one inspiration was my mother. She worked two jobs and had breakfast and dinner prepared. I essentially called my mother, The Lion. She’s fierce and she’s proud. I’d like to think some of that rubbed off on me.” — Christopher Judge
17. “The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.” — Chanakya
18. “I try to think of myself as a lion, bringing down the kill, controlling the jungle. A lion controls his jungle.” — John Daly
19. “The lion doesn’t care that the sheep laugh at him. Remember that. The lion just stays there. The animals make noise and tease. The guy with the belt is the lion.” — B. J. Penn
20. “The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. It will defend itself.” — St. Augustine
21. “The young lions lack and suffer hunger, but those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.” — Psalm 34:10
22. “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
23. “Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.” — Will Cuppy
24. “The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.” — Proverbs 28:1
25. “Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.” — Ivan Panin
26. “Defence is a key character of a great lion, it does not relax or sleep, because a great lion is ever ready to defend itself aggressively in the jungle.” — Chukwuemeka E. Onyejinduaka
27. “Love transforms our fear into courage like the once cowardly Lion of Oz.” — Chris T. Atkinson
28. “Truth does not sit in a cave and hide like a lie. It wanders around proudly and roars loudly like a lion.” — Suzy Kassem
29. “An army of sheep led by a lion will always defeat an army of lions led by a sheep because the attitude of a leader always reflects in the hearts of the people that are being led.” — Pastor, Joshua C. Killingsworth
30. “Man has been born with the force and the qualities of a lion.” — M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Life Quotes On Lions
Let’s continue with some more lion quotes that single them out as royalty amongst beasts!
1. “If a lion could talk, we could not understand him.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein
2. “No other creatures of the savannah sleep as deeply or as soundly as lions, but after all, lions are the main reason for not sleeping soundly.” — Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
3. “A dog might feel as majestic as a lion, might bark as loud as a roar, might have a heart as mighty and brave as Lion’s heart, but at the end of the day, a dog is a dog and a lion is a lion.” ― Charlyn Khater
4. “When we don’t have the guts to step out in faith and chase lions, then God is robbed of the glory that rightfully belongs to him.” — Mark Batterson
5. “Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.” — Aesop
6. “The lion is an emblem of the dream of absolute power — and, as a wild rather than a domestic animal, he belongs to a world outside the realm of society and culture.” — Charles H. Hinnant
7. “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
8. “I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep.” — Charles Maurice
9. “A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they’re all very different.” — Frans Lanting
10. “If it sounds like a sheep but looks like a lion, it’s probably a lion.” — Nicholas Eames
11. “The lion’s vision is cast across the immediate surroundings and in that very gesture is also a vision of the national spirit.” — John Sallis
12. “People always want to see that, the young lion going to take the old lion out.” — Amir Khan
13. “You can’t deny biological limits or change the nature of things: a lion will always be a savage beast, a predator without the power of reason.” — Teresa Porzecanski
14. “There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It’s not that you feel afraid; it’s more like you’re liberated by seeing them.” — Michael Douglas
15. “The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won’t get much sleep.” — Woody Allen
16. “A lion is called a ‘king of beasts’ obviously for a reason.” — Jack Hanna
17. “Another custom holds that the lion is the only animal of the cat tribe born with its eyes open and it is said that it sleeps in a state of watchfulness. Whether true or not, no one would dispute its fantastic ability to see in the dark.” — Lester Harry Wright
18. “Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.” — Jocelyn Murray
19. “A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.” — Jacki Weaver
20. “Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn’t roar?” ― Friedrich Schiller
21. “A lion’s work hours are only when he’s hungry; once he’s satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.” — Chuck Jones
22. “You don’t see sick animals in the wild. You don’t see lame animals in the wild, and it’s all because of the predator: the lion, the tiger, the leopard, all the cats.” — Tippi Hedren
23. “It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road.” — Robert E. Howard
24. “When a lion meets another with a louder roar, the first lion thinks the last a bore.” — George Bernard Shaw
25. “Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.” — Martin Amis
26. “Ordinary people regard a man of a certain force and flexibility of character as they do a lion; they look at him with a sort of wonder, perhaps they admire him, but they will on no account house with him.” — Merkel
27. “A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.” — Salman Khan
28. “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
29. “Women are like lionesses at the gate of the home. Whatever happens in the home and family happens because she cares about it, and it matters to her.” — Julie B. Beck
30. “If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.” — Thomas More
See also: 60 Inspirational You Are Stronger Than You Think Quotes
Lion Quotes To Motivate You
The following quotes will motivate you to be fearless like a lion and take action so that you may live your dreams!
1. “If you’re serious about realizing your goals and being a lion, live like one.” — Saul L. Miller
2. “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
3. “The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn’t know what a lion is. He just thinks he does.” — Charles Bukowski
4. “Be a lion in the den, because it can succeed anywhere, anytime, even in the jungle of troubles.” — Chukwuemeka E. Onyejinduaka
5. “A lion that hunts for survival in the jungle does not envy the one being fed in a zoo.” — Suhaib Rumi
6. “I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.” — Napoleon Bonaparte
7. “This is not an end. It is a beginning. You will need the courage of a lion to face this journey.” — Erin Hunter
8. “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
9. “I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.” — George Bernard Shaw
10. “A rug feels like a lion, but that doesn’t mean you can ride it.” — Lemony Snicket
11. “The lion is passion, the lion is the fire. Lions call you to them.” — Michael Samuels
12. “A lion chased me up a tree and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.” — Confucius
13. “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 lions.” — Daniel Defoe
14. “You may have lived the better part of your life being told that you’re a sheep, but that never changes the fact that you are the lion that you have always been.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
15. “Rise to the occasion. Roar like a lion.” — Alastair Reynolds
16. “I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up!” — Ingrid Bergman
17. “There’s an expression in Persian, ‘to play with the lion’s tail.’ I wasn’t what Iranian society wanted me to be — a good girl. I played with the lion’s tail.” — Golshifteh Farahani
18. “Lions will never debate with hyenas.” ― M. Rehan Behleem
19. “In boxing, it is about the obsession of getting the most from yourself: wanting to dominate the world like a hungry young lion.” — Anthony Joshua
20. “I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.” — Daddy Yankee
21. “The frail, vulnerable sounds of which we are capable seem to be essential to a later ability to roar like a lion without scaring everyone to death.” — David Whyte
22. “Every man has a caged lion in his heart — much more fierce and deadly than any African lion.” — Joseph S. Maxwell
23. “A lion will always be in his path — a cloud beneath his sky, and a veil about his heart.” — 1848, Youth’s Friend – Volume 2
24. “In a nutshell, Lions like me are natural-born leaders — we are positive, proactive, and goal-oriented.” — Olivia Arezzolo
25. “An injured lion still wants to roar.” — Randy Pausch
26. “All the other animals in the forest naturally expect me to be brave, for the Lion is everywhere thought to be the King of Beasts. I learned that if I roared very loudly, every living thing was frightened and got out of my way.” — L. Frank Baum
27. “Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.” — African proverb
28. “Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species — it is the tigress and lioness in you which tends to defend when attacked.” — Margaret Thatcher
29. “The lion never fears to walk alone.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
30. “The wild heart can tame anything, even a lion.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
The Lion King Quotes
Let’s conclude with some of the most memorable quotes from Disney’s animated masterpiece The Lion King, that carry meaningful life lessons.
1. “I laugh in the face of danger.” — Simba
2. “There’s more to being king than getting your way all the time.” — Mufasa
3. “Truth is in the eye of the beholder.” — Scar
4. “Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become.” — Mufasa
5. “Everybody is somebody. Even a nobody.” — Rafiki
6. “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.” — Rafiki
7. “Being brave doesn’t mean you go looking for trouble.” — Mufasa
8. “You got to put your behind in your past!” — Pumbaa
9. “While others search for what they can take, a true king searches for what he can give.” — Mufasa
10. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” — Timon
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