15 Thought-Provoking Quotes About Dragons for Celebrating the Year of the Dragon

On Feb. 10, 2024, the Lunar New Year officially begins, ushering in the Year of the Dragon, and we cannot wait to start celebrating.

After all, many consider the Year of the Dragon to be the best year in the Chinese zodiac, as it's associated with luck, prosperity and riches—and we could all use a bit of those things. If you're looking for a great Instagram caption to ring in this special time, keep scrolling for some of our favorite philosophical quotes about dragons to get started.

For believing in the impossible:

"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind."

-John Lennon

 

For lifting up someone you admire:

"You have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon."

-Valka, How to Train Your Dragon 2

 

For feeling your most self-assured:

"Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back."

–Venus in Arms, Criss Jami

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For the photo with the one who's been through everything with you:

"I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you."

-Taylor Swift, "Love Live (Taylor's Version)"

 

For keeping a dragon legend alive:

"They say dragons never truly die."

–Jon Hansen and the Dragon Clan of Yden, S.G. Rogers

 

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For promising your revenge:

"I'll change to a dragon, then you'll be sorry."

-Eloise Jarvis McGraw

 

For becoming your most powerful self:

"We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself."

-Shunryu Suzuki

 

For finding clarity in the face of danger:

"Staring into the dragon's maw, one quickly learns wisdom."

-Steven Brust

 

For taking the fantastical seriously:

"Never laugh at live dragons."

-J.R.R. Tolkien

 

For always encountering new challenges:

"Same old throne, new dragons."

-Jack Harlow, "WHATS POPPIN"

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For realizing you're not the type to take down dragons:

"I'm not so much a dragon slayer, more a dragon annoyer—I'm a dragon irritater."

-Craig Ferguson

 

For coveting your collection like a dragon:

"Sleeping on a dragon's hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself."

–The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis

 

For finding joy during tough times:

You have to fight unhappiness like a dragon with fire and breathe."

-Drew Barrymore

 

For letting people know not to mess with you:

"If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon."

-Scott Fahlman

 

For encountering an awe-inspiring dragon:

"But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them."

–A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

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