I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. Alexander the Great
The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous. John Climacus
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. Napoleon Bonaparte
A trapped cat becomes a lion. English Proverb
He who doesn't go to war roars like a lion. Persian Proverb
Better one day as a lion than a hundred as a sheep. Italian Proverb