Witty Inspirational Dr. Seuss Quotes: Dr. Seuss was a whimsical author who inspired people of all walks of life to live lives that were simple and worthwhile. This top Dr. Seuss quotes about life are certain to make your day a little bit brighter. They range from the best famous Dr. Seuss quotes to Dr. Seuss quotes that encourage you to embrace your individuality to funny Dr. Seuss quotes and sayings that will make you feel like a kid again.
Best Quotes About Dr. Seuss – Some of these well-known quotes by Dr. Seuss are going to be familiar to you, while others are going to be completely foreign to you. On the other hand, one thing is certain: this extensive list of the 115 best quotes and sayings by Dr. Seuss contains something that is appropriate for every event. You can take control of your life with the help of these 115 famous inspirational quotes from Dr. Seuss. People were moved to greatness and their lives were improved as a result of the words that he wrote, the quotes that he shared, and his own thoughts.
1. “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”
2. “So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
3. “It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.” ― The Lorax
4. “So be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life is a great balancing act.”
5. “You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”
Inspirational Dr. Seuss Quotes
6. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
7. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
8. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.”
9. “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”
10. “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!”
11. “My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn’t make it up!”
12. “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” – One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
13. “I can read in red. I can read in blue. I can read in pickle color too.”
14. “Oh the things you can find, if you don’t stay behind!”
15. “Only you can control your future.”
16. “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
17. “We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.”
18. “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
19. “Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.”
20. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
21. “Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” –One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish By Dr. Seuss.
22. “It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.”
23. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.”
24. “Children’s reading and children’s thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.”
25. “You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.”
26. “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.”
27. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
28. “If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good!”
29. “Think and wonder, wonder and think.”
30. “Just tell yourself, Duckie, you’re really quite lucky.”
31. “The more that you read, The more things you will know. The more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you’ll go.”
32. “You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”
33. “How did it get so late so soon?”
34. “If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.”
35. “I’m afraid that sometimes you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win ’cause you’ll play against you.”
36. “Think and wonder, wonder and think.”
37. “I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
38. “Adults are obsolete children.”
39. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
40. “Nothing is going to change, unless someone does something soon.”
41. “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
42. “Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent. Be awesome! Be a book nut!”
43. “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
44. “Today is your day Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.”
45. “My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It’s the letter I use to spell yuzz-a-ma-tuzz. You’ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around.”
46. “If you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you will learn. Oh, the most wonderful stuff.” – from “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
47. Fiction is my addiction.”
48. “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
49. “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees have no tongues.” Lorax Quote by Dr. Seuss
50. “Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.”
51. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
52. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
53. “Congratulations! Today is your day!” – Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
54. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
55. “I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent.”
56. “Only you can control your future.”
57. “You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who will decide where to go.”
58. “To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”
59. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
60. “And will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)”
61. “If you have a brain in your head and feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”
62. “If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.”
63. “A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.”
64. “They say I’m old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!”
65. “Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you.”
66. “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do. And that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”
67. “You really can’t teach reading as a science. Love gets mixed up in it.”
68. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
69. “You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”
70. “Be awesome! Be a book nut!”
71. “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
72. “Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.”
73. “Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.”
74. “Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you.”
75. “I’m sorry to say so but, sadly it’s true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you.”
76. “It has often been said, there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
77. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
78. “This book is to be read in bed.”
79. “When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played.”
80. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out!”
81. “Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.”
82. “Fill your house with stacks of books, in all crannies and all the nooks.”
83. “Virtually every page is a cliffhanger – you’ve got to force them to turn it.”
84. “The more you read, the more things you will know.”
85. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
86. “Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.”
87. “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
88. “Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don’t do that. I treat the child as an equal.”
89. “Fill your house with books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.”
90. “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
91. “You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.”
92. “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
93. “You have to be odd to be number one.”
94. “Kid, you’ll move mountains! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!” – Famous Dr. Seuss mountain quote in “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”
95. “You are you. Now, isn’t that pleasant?”
96. “It is fun to have fun. But you have to know how.”
97. “Being crazy isn’t enough.”
98. “Kid, you’ll move mountains! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!”
99. “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
100. “Children’s reading and children’s thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise.”
101. “There’s no limit to how much you’ll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”
102. “Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.”
103. “You make ’em, I amuse ’em.” [children]
104. “Always remember you are braver than you believe Stronger than you seem, Smarter than you think & twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.”
105. “You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut. Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
106. “Reading is our thing!”
107. “It doesn’t matter what it is. What matters is what it will become.”
108. “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
109. “If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right along and you’ll start happening too.”
110. “You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
111. “A book is just like life and anything can change.”
112. “You’re off to great to places. Today is your day. Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.”
113. “There’s no limit to how much you’ll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”
114. “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
115. “Oh, the places you’ll go when you read!”
116. “Reading can take you places you have never been before.”