Hold onto your hats, folks – and we’re not just talking about the red-and-white striped one! We’re about to dive into the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss, where cats wear hats, elephants hear Whos, and green eggs are a perfectly acceptable breakfast option.
Get ready to unleash your inner child and embrace the nonsensical genius of Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
His books have tickled our funny bones and warmed our hearts for generations, but did you know his quotes are just as delightful outside the pages of his beloved stories?
From life advice that’s surprisingly profound to silly sayings that’ll have you giggling, these Seussisms are proof that wisdom often comes in the most unexpected packages.
1. “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”
2. “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
3. “Congratulations! Today is your day!”
4. “If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.”
5. “Only you can control your future.”
6. “So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
7. “Just tell yourself, Duckie, you’re really quite lucky.”
8. “Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know, go ask your dad.”
9. “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”
10. “When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played.”
11. “How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness, how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”
12. “Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.”
13. “So be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life is a great balancing act.”
14. “He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
15. “If you’d never been born, then you might be an Isn’t! An Isn’t has no fun at all. No, he didn’t!”
16. “You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go.”
17. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
18. “Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‘You can do better than this.’”
19. “Oh, the things you can find if you don’t stay behind!”
20. “Not here, not there, not anywhere!”
21. “Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you.”
22. “My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn’t make it up!”
23. “Shorth is better than length.”
24. “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive that is youer than you.”
25. “And the turtles, of course…all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.”
26. “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living— it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”
27. “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
28. “You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.”
29. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.”
30. “Think and wonder. Wonder and think.”
31. “You have to be odd to be number one.”
32. “Kid, you’ll move mountains.”
33. “Reading can take you places you have never been before.”
34. “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.”
35. “I’m glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song, seems like we just got started and then before you know it, the times we had together were gone.”
36. “Simple it’s not, I am afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.”
37. “Some people are much more… oh, ever so much more… oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!”
38. “You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.”
39. “It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn’t be there at all.”
40. “Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.”
41. “If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right along and you’ll start happening too.”
42. “Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.”
43. “I’m afraid that sometimes you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win ’cause you’ll play against you.”
44. “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
45. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out.”
46. “Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.”
47. “There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.”
48. “It’s not about what it is. It’s about what it can become.”
49. “Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.”
50. “I sort of got thinking — it’s sort of a shame that scrambled eggs always taste always the same.”
51. “You do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may!”
52. “Hollywood is not suited for me, and I am not suited for it.”
53. “It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.”
54. “You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”
55. “ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, ‘Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!”
56. “You’ll never be bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.”
57. “Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well that’s because he’s a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.”
58. “The storm starts, when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.”
59. “And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!”
60. “I meant what I said and I said what I meant.”
61. “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
62. “It’s opener, out there, in the wide, open air.”
63. “I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you.”
64. “Oh, what a day. I will make it a holiday.”
65. “From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!”
66. “It’s a troublesome world. All the people who’re in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute.”
67. “In my world, everyone’s a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!”
68. “Step with care and great tact, and remember that life’s a great balancing act.”
69. “So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!”
70. “Don’t give up! I believe in you all! A person’s a person no matter how small!”
71. “Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.”
Now, we’ve bounced through Whoville, climbed the highest Truffula tree, and even faced down a grumpy Grinch or two. These Dr. Seuss quotes remind us that life is meant to be colorful, playful, and sometimes a little bit silly.
Whether you’re feeling down in the dumps or on top of the world, there’s a Seuss quote to match your mood and maybe even change it for the better.
So next time you’re faced with a challenge, why not channel your inner Cat in the Hat? Remember, as the good doctor said, “Today is your day. Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way!” Now, off you go – there’s fun to be done!
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