Dr. Seuss Quotes


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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...” –Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll go!

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. 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.”

“I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.”

“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!”

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” –Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

“Only you can control your future.”

“So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.” –Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

“You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.” –Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”—Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

“If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.”

“You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!” –Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!


“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.”

“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.”-- Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.”

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don’t mind."

“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,
stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”—Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole christmas

“It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.”—Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

“When you think things are bad,
when you feel sour and blue,
when you start to get mad...
you should do what I do!
Just tell yourself, Duckie,
you're really quite lucky!
Some people are much more...
oh, ever so much more...
oh, muchly much-much more
unlucky than you!”—Dr. Seuss, Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

“With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.”

“You ought to be thankful a hole heaping lot, for The places and people you're lucky you're not!”—Dr.Seuss, Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

“When you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.”—Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

For a concise biography of Dr. Seuss, refer: http://www.biography.com/people/dr-seuss-9479638

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