"The butterfly counts not months, but moments, and yet has time enough."
~~Rabinhranath Tagore, Indian poet
"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's
forever."
~~Carl Sagan
"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it turned into a butterfly."
~~Unknown
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly.
"One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
~~Hans Christian Anderson
"I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free."
~~Charles Dickens
"To make a wish come true,
whisper it to a Butterfly.
Upon these wings it will be taken to
heaven and granted,
for they are the messengers of the Great Spirit."
~~Native American Legend
"When a small child...I thought that
success spelled happiness. I was wrong.
Happiness is like a butterfly which appears
and delights us for one brief moment, but
soon flits away."
~~Anna Pavlova
"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was
over, it turned into a butterfly."
~~Unknown
"Butterflies...flowers that fly and all but sing."
~~Robert Frost
May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun,
and find your shoulder to light on
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
today, tomorrow and beyond
~~An Irish Blessing
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
or
whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man....
~~Chang Tzu.
If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.
~~Unknown
Much converse do I find in thee,
Historian of my infancy!
Float near me; do not yet depart!
Dead times revive in thee:
Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art!
A solemn image to my heart.
~~William Wordsworth, To a Butterfly
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