Butterfly Wisdom - Quotes

"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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