Tiger is a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-orange fur with black lines that lives in parts of Asia. Profoundly inspirational tiger quotes will challenge the way you think, and make your life worth living.
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Famous Tiger Quotes
If you rile a tiger, he’s going to show his claws. Rob James Collier
I’ve often felt that the Indian tiger has not been unleashed. Ratan Tata
The tiger is humbled by memories of prey. Steven Erikson
There is nothing like the thrill of walking through the jungle looking for a tiger and knowing they could be watching you already. Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
There is no off switch on a tiger. German Proverb
The tiger’s world is not only amoral but peculiarly consequence free, and this the atavistic certainty that there is nothing more lethal than itself is the apex predator’s greatest weakness. John Vaillant
A wounded tiger is a dangerous beast. Arthur Golden
The tiger will see you a hundred times before you see him once. John Vaillant
A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts. Wole Soyinka
No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Don’t be a tiger’s head with a snake’s tail. Chinese Proverb
It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious. Henry David Thoreau
I like to be a tiger roaming the jungle or an eagle soaring the skies. Sol Campbell
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last. Maureen Dowd
The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat. Bill Squires
An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. Konrad Adenauer
I’ve often felt that the Indian tiger has not been unleashed. Ratan Tata
If you rile a tiger, he’s going to show his claws. Rob James Collier
There is nothing like the thrill of walking through the jungle looking for a tiger and knowing they could be watching you already. Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
Animal totems, like the tiger, come from the Other Side to protect us while we are away from Home. Sylvia Browne
No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tiger tracks follow them long enough and you will eventually arrive at a tiger unless the tiger arrives at you first. John Vaillant
It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious. Henry David Thoreau
The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours. T. S. Eliot
If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. Peter Benchley
The tiger is humbled by memories of prey. Steven Erikson
An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. Konrad Adenauer
Life goes on and you don’t touch tigers. Yann Martel
One may ride upon a tiger’s back but it is fatal to dismount. Ernest Bramah
Tigers and women have something in common, it is their disposition; they must be treated majestically. Henrietta Newton Martin
When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die. Gichin Funakoshi
If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. Peter Benchley
A tiger keeps no friends. It’s too dangerous. Aravind Adiga
If tigers could write books, they would say, the man was created for them and that man is a most sinful animal because he does not allow him to catch him easily. Swami Vivekananda
The tiger will see you a hundred times before you see him once. John Vaillant
Now I was a tiger that neither pounced nor lay waiting between the trees. I became an unseen spirit. Amy Tan
Our noblest hopes grow teeth and pursue us like tigers. John Gardner
The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat. Bill Squires
If your mind becomes calm, you can think in front of a tiger. If you can think in front of a tiger, you will surely succeed. Mencius
Time is the tiger that devours me, but I am that tiger. Jorge Luis Borges
Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as sheep. Madonna
A wounded tiger is a dangerous beast. Arthur Golden
The tiger lies low not from fear, but for aim. Sherrilyn Kenyon
Unless you enter the tiger’s lair, you cannot get hold of the tiger’s cubs. Sun Tzu
Tiger watches and hunts; whereas, hyenas wait and wait, for their time, to reach rubbish left by the tiger; similarly, the fools wait, not the wise ones. Ehsan Sehgal
We think of tigers as being ferocious, etc. But to my mind, it was the other way around the humans embodied certain animal traits. Yann Martel
I feel like a tiger right now. There’s nothing impossible if you get up and work for it. Michael Flatley
One may ride upon a tiger’s back but it is fatal to dismount. Ernest Bramah
A tiger does not ignore or slight any small animal. The way he catches a mouse and catches and devours a cow are the same. Shunryu Suzuki
You may, if you like, free a tiger from his bars; but do not free him from his stripes. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A man’s good name is as precious to him as its skin is to a tiger. Japanese Proverb
Nothing exists now but the tiger, filling his field of vision like a bad accident, like the end of the world a pair of blazing yellow lanterns over a temple door framed with ivory columns. John Vaillant
To say a tiger is an outside animal is an understatement that is best appreciated when a tiger is inside. John Vaillant
Certain people have the eye of the tiger, and I never was myself that kind of person, although I’m not a slacker. Britta Phillips
We are all a tiger with feelings. An elephant who never forgets. We are tiger, panther, monkey we are all of these things, all of the life rhythms. Ruby Dee
Our noblest hopes grow teeth and pursue us like tigers. John Gardner
Life goes on and you don’t touch tigers. Yann Martel
When the time comes, let loose a tiger and a devil; but wait for the time with the tiger and the devil chained not shown yet always ready. Charles Dickens
Life is a tiger you have to grab by the tail, and if you don’t know the nature of the beast it will eat you up. Stephen King
If your mind becomes calm, you can think in front of a tiger. If you can think in front of a tiger, you will surely succeed. Mencius
The human race’s prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves. Arnold J. Toynbee
I never try to make a painting, but a chunk of life. It is a scream; it is a night; it is like a child; it is a tiger behind bars. Karel Appel
The tiger’s world, by contrast, is not only amoral but peculiarly consequence free, and this the atavistic certainty that there is nothing more lethal than itself is the apex predator’s greatest weakness. John Vaillant
We would be better off thinking of nature as a tiger than as a docile and compliant automaton that can never threaten our survival. Bruno Latour
A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off. Chinese Proverb
A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts. Wole Soyinka
If tigers could write books, they would say, the man was created for them and that man is a most sinful animal because he does not allow him to catch him easily. Swami Vivekananda
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it a sport. When a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. George Bernard Shaw
A tiger never loses sleep over the opinion of sheep. Ziad K. Abdelnour
Tiger watches and hunts; whereas, hyenas wait and wait, for their time, to reach rubbish left by the tiger; similarly, the fools wait, not the wise ones. Ehsan Segal
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it a sport. When a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. George Bernard Shaw
A tiger never loses sleep over the opinion of sheep. Ziad K. Abdelnour
Some days you tame the tiger, and some days the tiger has you for lunch. Tug McGraw
It is far better to live like a tiger for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years. Benito Mussolini
Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings. Indian proverb
A samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog, outside the hide of a tiger. Yamamoto Tsunetomo
If you want to kick the tiger in his back you’d better have a plan for dealing with his teeth. Tom Clancy
When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die. Gichin Funakoshi
The impact of an attacking tiger can be compared to that of a piano falling on you from a second story window. John Vaillant
Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep. Madonna
Just like a kitten that thinks it’s a tiger. Stephenie Meyer
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. William Blake
Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will become a vegetarian. Heywood Broun
Life is a tiger you have to grab by the tail, and if you don’t know the nature of the beast it will eat you up. Stephen King
I call myself a blind man riding on a blind tiger. Jack Ma
No one can walk beneath palm trees with impunity, and ideas are sure to change in a land where tigers are at home. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed. Harry S. Truman
The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers. Angela Carter
If a tiger can poach on another’s territory, it probably will, and so, of course, will we. A key difference, however, is that tigers only take what they need. John Vaillant
There can be no real fight between a tiger and a chicken; between the love and the man; between the strong and the weak! Mehmet Murat Ildan
Tigers, except when wounded or when man eaters, are on the whole very good tempered. Jim Corbett
I call myself a blind man riding on a blind tiger. Jack Ma
The one certainty in tiger tracks is follow them long enough and you will eventually arrive at a tiger, unless the tiger arrives at you first. John Vaillant
Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed. Harry S. Truman
A tiger can smile, a snake will say it loves you. Lies make us evil. Chuck Palahniuk
If you’re losing a tug of war with a tiger, give it the rope. You can always buy a new one. Max Gunther
