July 11, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Delve into the mystical world of dragons, where ancient legends and timeless tales ignite the imagination. Dragons have long symbolized power, wisdom, and mystery across various cultures, captivating both young and old with their majestic presence. In this collection of the top 66 inspiring dragon quotes, you'll find words that evoke the strength and mythical beauty of these legendary creatures. Whether you are seeking motivation, contemplating the unknown, or simply fascinated by dragon lore, these quotes will transport you to a realm where fantasy meets profound wisdom. Let the journey begin!
1. “Puff, the Magic Dragon, lived by the sea, and frolicked in the Autumn Mist in a land called Honah Lee, little Jacky Paper loved that rascal Puff, and gave him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff.” - Peter Yarrow
2. “I do not think you are in any danger of starving," Maximus said. "The surgeon said only two weeks ago that you are too fat.""The devil!" Berkley said indignantly, sitting up; and Maximus snorted in amusement at having provoked him.” - Naomi Novik
3. “No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.” - R.A. Salvatore
4. “Dragons and legends...It would have been difficult for any man not to want to fight beside a dragon.” - Patricia Briggs
5. “You haven't been bit till a dragon does it.” - Tamora Pierce
6. “Adult dragons are,astute,powerful,and sure of their strength. ” - Ciruelo Cabral
7. “A dragon's heart burns fiercely, even in the face of evil.” - S.G. Rogers
8. “Thats the spirit-one part brave,three parts fool.” - Christopher Paolini
9. “I'm not so much a dragon slayer, more a dragon annoyer -- I'm a dragon irritater.” - Craig Ferguson
10. “So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
11. “For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation. And they’re seen as kind, benevolent creatures. Funny. Every fairy tale I’d ever heard involving dragons starred daring knights trotting off to kill said dragons. Probably the real reason every time East meets West they get pissed off and throw tea in our faces.” - Jennifer Rardin
12. “my dragon? save anybody?you must have have him confused with someone else- Smaug perhaps?...” - Margaret Weis
13. “What do you know about dragons?”“They're big, scaly, four-legged creatures with wings who terrorized small villages until a virgin was offered up as a sacrifice.”His grinned again. “I do miss the virgins.” - Katie MacAlister
14. “All the drawing lacksis the final touch: To addeyes to the dragon” - Diane Duane
15. “And that is the story of the boy who cried "Dragon!"Of course, when dragons sit around the campire at night or tuck their children into bed, they tell the story of the dragon who cried "Boy!” - Mike Resnick
16. “I already have one Sheepbiter here,” said Eragon, and laid a hand on Saphira. “Why would I need another?”Angela broke out into a wide smile. “So you’re not entirely devoid of wit after all! There just might be hope for you.” And she danced off toward the keep, twirling her doublebladed staff by her side and muttering, “Fire? Bah!”A soft growl emanated from Saphira, and she said, Be careful whom you call Sheepbiter, Eragon, or you might get bitten yourself. Yes, Saphira.” - Christopher Paolini
17. “-La verdad Abi- respondió con sencillez-. Que lo amas, tanto o más que él a ti. Que no hubo un solo día en todo este tiempo en el que no rogaras por regresar con él. La verdad” - Paulina Aguilar Gutierrez
18. “Thatz: "Why'd you have to get him all worked up? He'll drag us into it.Rune: "You're just lazy, Thatz.” - Mineko Ohkami
19. “Rune: "They're getting away!"Thatz: "Our Dragon Knights honor is at stake! Let's get 'em!"Rath: "'Dragon Knights honor'? Really?” - Mineko Ohkami
20. “Katie purred in pleasure as she licked the beating vein in Jared’s neck.” - Jodie B. Cooper
21. “But yes. Come, faulty dragon people. Follow us.” - Rick Riordan
22. “No, I can't stop for sonnets; my mother is sitting up. I'll look you up tomorrow, sometime or other, and do for goodness' sake try and realise that you're a pestilential scourge, or your find yourself in a most awful fix. Good-night!” - Kenneth Grahame
23. “Oh my God, not only is he older than the Grand Canyon, but he’s like the pope and the Fae King and the president of the United States all rolled up into one. To some ancient cultures he had been a god. He was going to hurt her so bad before he killed her so dead, and all she could think of was how hot his kiss had been in the dream and how delicate the touch of his finger was as it traced down her body.” - Thea Harrison
24. “Lips to lips, mouth to mouth,Comes the speaker of the shrouds,Suck in the spirit, speak the words,Let secrets of the dead be heard.” - Yasmine Galenorn
25. “But—" yelped Twizbang, “Greydor will eat us!” - Richard Due
26. “Some people are just sad when there aren't talking squirrels.” —Lily Winter” - Richard Due
27. “You won't find the tales I bear in any books . . . My tales are from the Moon Realm.” —Ebb Autumn” - Richard Due
28. “Odd names: Winter, Autumn—they almost sound as if someone just made them up.” —Dubb” - Richard Due
29. “Tavin cupped his hands to his mouth. “Here, dragon-dragon-dragon!” he yelled.Lily stared in amazement. Well, that was bold, she thought, and stupid.” - Richard Due
30. “The townspeople took the prince for deadWhen he never returned with the dragon’s headWhen with her, he stayedShe thought he’d be too afraidBut he loved her too much instead.” - Jess C. Scott
31. “He had turned into a dragon while he was asleep. Sleeping on a dragon's hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.” - C.S. Lewis
32. “INot my best side, I'm afraid.The artist didn't give me a chance toPose properly, and as you can see,Poor chap, he had this obsession withTriangles, so he left off two of myFeet. I didn't comment at the time(What, after all, are two feetTo a monster?) but afterwardsI was sorry for the bad publicity.Why, I said to myself, should my conquerorBe so ostentatiously beardless, and rideA horse with a deformed neck and square hoofs?Why should my victim be soUnattractive as to be inedible,And why should she have me literallyOn a string? I don't mind dyingRitually, since I always rise again,But I should have liked a little more bloodTo show they were taking me seriously.IIIt's hard for a girl to be sure ifShe wants to be rescued. I mean, I quiteTook to the dragon. It's nice to beLiked, if you know what I mean. He wasSo nicely physical, with his clawsAnd lovely green skin, and that sexy tail,And the way he looked at me,He made me feel he was all ready toEat me. And any girl enjoys that.So when this boy turned up, wearing machinery,On a really dangerous horse, to be honestI didn't much fancy him. I mean,What was he like underneath the hardware?He might have acne, blackheads or evenBad breath for all I could tell, but the dragon--Well, you could see all his equipmentAt a glance. Still, what could I do?The dragon got himself beaten by the boy,And a girl's got to think of her future.IIII have diplomas in DragonManagement and Virgin Reclamation.My horse is the latest model, withAutomatic transmission and built-inObsolescence. My spear is custom-built,And my prototype armourStill on the secret list. You can'tDo better than me at the moment.I'm qualified and equipped to theEyebrow. So why be difficult?Don't you want to be killed and/or rescuedIn the most contemporary way? Don'tYou want to carry out the rolesThat sociology and myth have designed for you?Don't you realize that, by being choosy,You are endangering job prospectsIn the spear- and horse-building industries?What, in any case, does it matter whatYou want? You're in my way. - Not My Best Side” - U.A. Fanthorpe
33. “Shigure Sohma: So anyway I was wondering if you could stop by the house and take a look at Tohru's cut. That is if it isn't a problem. Hatori Sohma: No problem. I'll stop by the house this evening. Shigure Sohma: Hmmm What's this Hatori I don't think I ever heard you sound so eager to come over. Could it be you have a secret crush on Tohru [long silence from the other end of the phone] Shigure Sohma: [shouts] I knew it You naughty naughty man you Hatori Sohma: No I was simply too amazed by your stupidity to say anything.” - Natsuki Takaya
34. “Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.” - G.K. Chesterton
35. “Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.” - Criss Jami
36. “You can't win integrity and honor from games. You can only earn them from living a life dedicated to those ideals.” - P.C. Cast
37. “You make me sound like an arrogant ass," he said."Are you?""No! I'm just me.” - P.C. Cast
38. “White." He spoke with conviction and I knew he'd seen. "A thousand shades of white, from mist to snow to starlight.” - Deborah Cooke
39. “When walking into the lair of the dragon after robbing his hoard, the least you could do is hold you head high [...]” - Ilona Andrews
40. “No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
41. “Find a pile of gold and sit on it.” - John Gardner
42. “Fenworth owned a world-famous library. More rooms held books than beds. Pillows stuffed in niches and comfortable chairs scattered throughout each room offered abundant paces to curl up and read.” - Donita K. Paul
43. “There can be as many wrong reasons to do the right thing as there are stars in the sky. There might even be more than one legitimate right reason. But there is never a right reason to do the wrong thing. Not ever.” - Donita K. Paul
44. “Your cell phone is on the nightstand. Call me immediately if something changes. I don’t care if you are merely dizzy or if you start seeing pink dragons, do you understand?” I solemnly swear I will call you the second a pink dragon shows up.” - Jessica Fortunato
45. “It seems to me that if you wish to apply laws to us, it were only reasonable to consult us on them, and from what you have read to me about Parliament, I do not think any dragons are invited to go there” - Naomi Novik
46. “The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate.” - Ursula K. Le Guin
47. “I'd rather be eaten by a dragon.” - Famous Last Words
48. “My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!” - J.R.R. Tolkien
49. “Vampires were myths, childhood stories– as were werewolves, mermaids and dragons. I believed none of it.” - Ashley Madau
50. “Yes, impossible. But do not dread, impossibility is just another measure of difficulty. The skills of dwargens and flillows sometimes match the impossible..." - Dwenzuak the dwargen” - T. William Watts
51. “Hurricanes couldn’t remove you from my mind. You’re my world and I’m incapable of not loving you.” - Billie-Jo Williams
52. “Ah, I do so love this charmingly rustic, elvin kingdom!-Baozhai” - Mar Mai
53. “Let me tell you: the only way to get rid of dragons is to have one of your own.” - Evgeny Shvarts
54. “You belong with us, the lost of the lost, the tribe without a home, a tribe of orphans living our abandoned lives amid toys and trinkets, stuffed monkeys and bears. You’re one of us now—the Tribe of the Teddy Bear.” From Tribe of the Teddy Bear” - J. Joseph Wright
55. “The Tanakee are thought to possess strange, almost supernatural powers.Their eyes are described as large and hypnotic." From Tribe of the Teddy Bear” - J. Joseph Wright
56. “Hey. My life’s not all about weird little creatures pretending to be teddy bears.” From Tribe of the Teddy Bear.” - J. Joseph Wright
57. “How touching. I think I'm gonna throw up.” - Joss Stirling
58. “A necessary monster.” - Jorge Luis Borges
59. “Marvelous! Very exciting. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and I can't wait to read more." (About the book Dominique Ick Lessont and the Dragon Knight)” - Stephen Noce
60. “Hey, dragon!" Jay said loudly. The dragon opened one eye. "How can you tell if you have a dragon in your bathroom? The door won't close! How long was the dragons vacation? Four days and three knights! How about this one? Three ninja and a dragon walk into a dojo, and--"The Lightning Dragon swiped it's massive tail, knocking Jay off his feet."That's the worst thing about dragons," muttered Jay, standing back up. "They don't know good jokes when they hear them.” - Greg Farshtey
61. “Fearghus entered what he now considered her chamber, but immediately ducked the book flung at his head. Clearly she’d been waiting for him. And she was not happy.“He’s the one supposed to be helping me,” she roared at him.“Did you just throw a book at me? In my own den?”“Yes. And I’d throw it again!”Fearghus scratched his head in confusion. He’d never met a human brave enough—or stupid enough, depending on your point of view—to challenge him. “But,” he croaked out, amazed, “I’m a dragon.”“And I have tits. It means nothing to me!” - G.A. Aiken
62. “We learned the seven traditional ways to make words unclear.""Seven? That many? Which was the most effective?""Poor grammar skills.” - Lita Burke
63. “Psychiatrist and Auschwitz survivor, Viktor Frankl, stated, "...man is by no means merely a product of heredity and environment. There is a third element: decision. Man ultimately decides for himself!” - Alice A. Kemp
64. “I’ve got to give myself one thing. Mom never did tell me not to steal from a dragon. No doubt she thought it was too flaming obvious to mention.” - Thea Harrison
65. “Enoch could respond with nothing more than a simple gesture in the orbs' direction. His brain was frozen. He could not think or speak, but the voiceless answer roused Fallon instantly. When he followed Enoch's gaze, a silent curse passed over his lips and then, "We're in big trouble.” - S.R. Ford
66. “Loghain shook his head in disbelief. "Maker's breath, man, aren't you suppose to have some dignity? Somewhere?""Me? Dignity?""Being the supposed future King and such.""I think Rowan took my dignity."She snorted derisively, folding her arms. "There was nothing else worth having.” - David Gaider