William Butler Yeats Quotes

Browse 6 quotes from William Butler Yeats, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
— William Butler Yeats
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
— William Butler Yeats
Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
— William Butler Yeats
Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.
— William Butler Yeats
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
— William Butler Yeats
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
— William Butler Yeats

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