Butterflies Proverbs

Sayings about Butterflies

Butterflies forget that they were once caterpillars. ~ Swedish Proverb

The butterfly who settles on a branch is afraid that he will break it. ~ Armenian 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