Dr. Seuss Quotes: Inspiring Words from the Beloved Children’s Author

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!

A person’s a person, no matter how small.

Think and wonder, wonder and think.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go…

Step with care and great tact, and remember that life’s a great balancing act.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

I know up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here on the bottom, we too should have rights.

It’s opener there in the wide open air.

And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you’ll be quite a lot!

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

Everything stinks till it’s finished.

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

I’m afraid that some times you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win ‘cause you’ll play against you.

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

Oh, the things you can find if you don’t stay behind!

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

So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!

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

I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam I Am.

Everything stinks till it’s finished.

You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

You are you. Now, isn’t that pleasant?

Only you can control your future.

Think and wonder, wonder and think.

Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.

Don’t give up! I believe in you all. A person’s a person, no matter how small!

Kid, you’ll move mountains!

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.

When something bad happens you have three choices, you can either let it define you, let it destroy you or let it strengthen you.

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.

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

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!

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

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

They say I’m old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!