“You do not just wake up and become the butterfly. Growth is a process.”
— Rupi Kaur
“Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“The butterfly is a flying flower. The flower is a tethered butterfly.”
— Ponce Denis
“As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.”
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.”
— Buckminster R. Fuller
“Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time.”
— Deborah Chaskin
“Butterflies can’t see their wings. They can’t see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well.”
— Naya Riviera
“A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.”
– Mandy Hale
“We can learn a lesson from the butterfly beginning its life crawling along the ground, then spinning a cocoon, patiently waiting until the day it will fly.”
— Heather Wolf
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
— Muhammad Ali
“’Just living isn’t enough,’ said the butterfly, ‘one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.’”
— Hans Christian Anderson
“How does one become a butterfly? You have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”
— Trina Paulus
“Everyone is like a butterfly. They start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful, graceful butterflies that everyone loves.”
— Drew Barrymore
“Open your heart and mind like the wings of a butterfly. See then how high you can fly.”