Do you consider yourself something of a “lone wolf”?

The expression’s been used since the 1890s to describe someone who prefers solitude.

It’s taken from an event that sometimes occurs in nature where a wolf (i.e. a pack animal) is driven away and must learn to survive on its own.

Whatever your personal reasons for feeling this way, there’s a lone wolf quote to match your mood.

In this post, I’ve compiled a long list of 100 lone wolf quotes, lone warrior quotes, and other expressions to celebrate those who walk alone.

Keep reading to feed the lone wolf inside of you!

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Thought-Provoking Lone Wolf Quotes

1. “A true lone wolf wishes not to lead the pack, but to lead itself.” — Eric Kay

2. “The tiger and the lion may be more powerful. But the wolf does not perform in the circus.” — Earl Derr Biggers

3. “A lone wolf doesn’t tread paths its ilk leaves; it makes its own footprints in the snow.” — Savas Mounjid

4. “Life is a lone wolf, scratching out a living with teeth and claws and a heart of stone.” ― Dan Wells

5. “People who hate solitude have very low standards when it comes to the company they keep.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

6. “The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.” — Hugh Maclead

7. “You can’t have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.” — Larry Flynt

8. “The wolves in the woods have sharp teeth and long claws, but it’s the wolf inside who will tear you apart.” ― Jennifer Donnelly

9.

“Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”

10. “The lone wolf is stronger than the pack and so it survives.” — Michael Alvear

11. “One beast and only one howls in the woods by night.” ― Angela Carter

12. “For a wolf, the world is about understanding, knowledge, respect – attributes that many humans have cast off, along with an appreciation of the natural world.” ― Jodi Picoult

13. “If you are not willing to be a lone wolf, keep your truth to yourself. If you want acceptance and your truths to be spoken, it is a slippery slope.” — Pooja Bhatt

14. “The Lone Wolf is the most dangerous of all wolves; he has no pack to restrain him.” — Unknown

15. “Wolves don’t lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.” — Aristotle

16. “There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.” — George Carlin

17. “We wear clothes, and speak, and create civilizations, and believe we are more than wolves. But inside us, there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are.” — Anthony Marra

Inspiring Quotes About Lone Wolves

18. “Deep down inside me there’s this wolf howling to get out.” — Johnny Cash

19. “The place where most people aren’t is where the real thing is.” ― Henry Rollins

20. “A wolf is no less a wolf because he’s dressed in sheepskin and the devil is no less the devil because he’s dressed as an angel.” — Lecrae

21. “The lone wolf is the wisest animal because he lives alone and has no opinion about anything.” — Unknown

22. “In the end, it is our defiance that redeems us. If wolves had a religion – if there was a religion of the wolf – that it is what it would tell us.” ― Mark Rowlands

23. “I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” — Henry David Thoreau

24. “A lone wolf howls and the wind plays tricks with the howling giving the sound a mesmerizing quality…” — J.L. Haynes

25. “It’s better to be a wolf than a lion because a lion can be kept in a cage.” — Unknown

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“If you run from a wolf, you may run into a bear.”

27. “The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they’d lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.” ― Jodi Picoult

28. “She’s a wolf with a human mask…She is fierce and she will race the moonlight until she outruns the sunrise.” — Chrissie Pinney

29. “Go out in the woods, go out. If you don’t go out in the woods nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

30. “Some days I am more wolf than woman, and I am still learning how to stop apologizing for my wild.” ― Nikita Gill

31. “Those are the voices of my brothers, darling; I love the company of wolves.” ― Angela Carter

32. “The wolf is the arch type of raven, the beast of waste and desolation.” — Theodore Roosevelt

33. “Wolves fail to hide their integrity just like the way men fail to hide their own animality.” — Munia Khan

34. “The Lone Wolf is not the one who just survives, but the one who wins.” — Unknown

Alpha Lone Wolf Quotes

35. “The wolf on the hill is not as hungry as the wolf climbing the hill.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

36. “I am not a wolf in sheep’s clothing, I’m a wolf in wolf’s clothing.” — Ricky Gervais

37. “The wolf always figures out how to get its way… The Wolf, in other words, always wins.” ― Cristina Rivera Garza

38. “I have always been a lone wolf and in the real sense of the word… I feel like I watch people and I wonder why they do things.” — C. JoyBell C.

39. “The Native Americans know that wolves are mirrors for humans. What they show us are our strengths and weaknesses.” — Jodi Picoult

40. “If it’s true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool or the biggest Einstein.” ― Criss Jami

41. “If the wolf had stayed in the wood, there would have been no hue and cry after him.” — German Proverb

42. “The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong.” ― Farley Mowat

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“One day a wolf bit a man and the man caught it. Magic or science, it’s all the same. The only thing magical about it is that we can’t explain it.”

44. “In the woods, you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time… But the wolf…the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once.” ― Emily Carroll

45. “It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.” — William Inge

46. “Do not tame the wolf inside you just because you’ve met someone who doesn’t have the courage to handle you.” — Belle Estreller

47. “The black wolf’s curse awakes every time that a full moon points in the middle of the sky.” ― Pet Torres

48. “Have you seen what wolves do to their prey? But they do mate for life.” ― Donna Lynn Hope

49. “If you can’t face the wolves, don’t go into the forest.” — Unknown

50. “A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf.” — George R.R. Martin

51. “I’m the lone wolf who has never had any real pups since the day I was born.” — Mick Jagger

52. “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” — James Bovard

Memorable Lone Warrior Quotes

53. “It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.” — Blaise Pascal

54. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” ― Bruce Lee

55. “The hardest walk you can make is the walk you make alone, but that is the walk that makes you the strongest.” — Unknown

56. “Warriors want a worthy opponent. There is no redress in fighting the pathetic.” ― Donna Lynn Hope

57. “Scars are just a treasure map for pain you’ve buried too deep to remember.” ― Jodi Picoult

58. “The fears we fail to face become our limits.” — Robin Sharma

59. “Remember, for every wound, there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says: ‘I survived.’” — Craig Scott

60. “A warrior never worries about his fear.” – Carlos Castaneda

61. “Anyone who wants to be truly free must be willing to stand alone in the truth.” — Andrew Cohen

62. “Only a strong tree can stand alone.” — Arnold Glasow

63.

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

64. “Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.” — Guillermo Maldonado

65. “Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.” — Sun Tzu

66. “Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

67. “Warriors should suffer their pain silently.” — Erin Hunter

68. “A warrior must only take care that his spirit is never broken.” — Shissai

69. “Do we have the moral courage to stand firm for our beliefs, even if by so doing we must stand alone?” — Thomas S. Monson

70. “You have to go ahead, even if no one goes with you.” — Lailah Gifty Akita

71. “The more you sweat in training, the less you will bleed in battle.” — Navy Seals motto

72. “The only thing a warrior cannot fight is her own fierce nature.” ― Bianca Marais

Short Quotes About a Lone Wolf

73. “She was a wolf. She was death, devourer of the worlds.” ― Sarah J. Maas

74. “I am the Lone Wolf and the Moon is mine.” ― Avijeet Das

75. “If you’re a rock ‘n’ roller, you’re a lone wolf.” — Gord Downie

76. “Whoever becomes a sheep is eaten by wolves.” — Henri-Frédéric Amiel

77. “The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

78. “The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.” — Henrik Ibsen

79. “Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.” — Lord Byron

80. “You have the wolf blood in you.” ― George R.R. Martin

81. “It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.” — Marilyn Monroe

82. “It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.” — Virgil

83. “It is very easy to love alone.” — Gertrude Stein

84. “In the calm, deep waters of the mind, the wolf waits.” — F.T. McKinstry

85. “Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense.” ― Katherine Rundell

86. “Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” ― German Proverb

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“Those who do not howl will never find their pack.”

88. “A howl is as infectious to a wolf as a yawn is to a human.” ― Kevin Ansbro

89. “Throw me to the wolves and I will return, leading the pack.” — Seneca

90. “You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” — Wayne Dyer

91. “All great and precious things are lonely.” — John Steinbeck

92. “If the wolf would cease his running, the people would cease their shouting.” — German Proverb

93. “I let a little bit of the wolf show.” ― Sarah J. Maas

94. “The wolf lives by himself, an outlaw.” — Navajo Proverb

95. “You can’t track wolves, not really.” — Charlotte McConaghy

96. “Wolves and women have much in common. Both share a wild spirit.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés

97. “It takes a wolf to catch a wolf.” ― David Ayer

98. “Sometimes a wolf has to stand alone to find out what he’s made of.” ― Dannika Dark

99. “A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.” — Lana Turner

100. “Wolves have no kings.” — Robin Hobb

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A Lone Wolf Quote to Inspire You

Which of these lone wolf quotes resonated with you the most?

Whether you’re a lone wolf by choice or by circumstance, you walk a unique path in this world. Your journey to success may look different than your neighbour’s, but all of us can benefit from sage advice.

That’s why I’ve created this site — to offer all the inspiration and lifestyle advice you need to live an incredible life. Bookmark this list of quotes about a lone wolf so you’ll always have fresh inspiration when your “inner wolf” needs feeding!

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