William Butler Yeats Quotes

Irish - Poet | June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

William Butler Yeats

FriendshipFriendsYouStrangersMet

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

William Butler Yeats

MotivationalWaitStrikeHotIron

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

William Butler Yeats

EducationFireLightingFillingPail

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

William Butler Yeats

RideDanceMountainsMeWindWorld

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.

William Butler Yeats

StarsHeartRomanticKissFar Away

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.

William Butler Yeats

TalentUnityGeniusDifferences

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

William Butler Yeats

ManWisePeopleThinkWise ManLike

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

William Butler Yeats

ManThinkFriendsGlorySayBegins

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

William Butler Yeats

BeautifulTimeEnemyInnocent

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?

William Butler Yeats

HeartSacrificeLongStoneMayMake

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.

William Butler Yeats

AloneLightShadowShadowsLights

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.

William Butler Yeats

LoveHateFightCloudsFateMeet

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