William Butler Yeats Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old William Butler Yeats quotes, William Butler Yeats sayings, and William Butler Yeats proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from age to age, modified by individual genius, but never abandoned. William Butler Yeats
Nobody running at full speed has either a head or a body. William Butler Yeats
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; But make it hot by striking. William Butler Yeats
Now that my ladder's gone, I must lie down where all my ladders start, In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart. William Butler Yeats
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats
We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind And lost the old nonchalance of the hand; Whether we have chosen chisel, pen or brush, We are but critics or but half create. William Butler Yeats
Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats