Sayings about Butterflies
The butterfly who settles on a branch is afraid that he will break it. ~ Armenian Proverb
Butterflies forget that they were once caterpillars. ~ Swedish Proverb
Butterflies come to pretty flowers. ~ Korean Proverb
Proverbs are like butterflies; some are caught and some fly away. ~ German Proverb
If only I were a bird! Ah, but eating caterpillars? ~ Palestinian Proverb
Quotations about Butterflies
I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. ~ Charles Dickens
Musical ideas sprang to my mind like a flight of butterflies, and all I had to do was to stretch out my hand to catch them ~ Charles Gounod
I’d be a butterfly, born in a bower, where roses and lilies and violets meet. ~ Thomas Haynes Bayly
Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves. ~ Drew Barrymore
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think its forever. ~ Dr. Carl Sagan
Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go. ~ Mariah Carey
Prizes are like butterflies, colorful butterflies that fly away. I don’t believe in prizes much. ~ Lina Wertmuller
If there is one creature that represents my essence, it’s butterflies. ~ Patricia Velasquez
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. ~ Vladimir Nabokov
Happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. ~ Anna Pavlova
I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special. ~ Jennifer Aniston
“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” ~ Hans Christian Anderson
The green grass and the happy skies, court the fluttering butterflies ~Astrid Alauda
I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain. ~ John Keats
Butterflies are not insects. . . . They are self-propelled flowers. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies. ~ Author Unknown
Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. There is enough room in the sky for all flyers. ~ Trina Paulus
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis. ~ LeeAnn Taylor
The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity. ~ George Carlin
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. ~ Richard Bach
The writer’s pen is to ideas what the net is to butterflies ~ Paul Carvel
The air is like a butterfly, with frail blue wings, the happy earth looks at the sky, and sings ~ Joyce Kilmer
A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly. ~ Andre Gide
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. ~ Muhammad Ali
Love is like a butterfly, it goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes. ~ Author Unknown
Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
When the spirit of nature touches us, our hearts turn into a butterfly! ~ Mehmet Murat ildan
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly. ~ Richard Buckminster Fuller
Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men. ~ Giorgio de Chirico
How does one become a butterfly?” she asked. “You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar. ~ Trina Paulus
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Butterflies are self propelled flowers. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
What’s a butterfly garden without butterflies? ~ Roy Rogers
The sound of a million butterflies flapping their wings is indescribable. It’s very heavenly. ~ Louie Schwartzberg
We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. ~ Gerald Brenan