31 Famous Inspirational Dr. Seuss Quotes

“Nothing is going to change, unless someone does something soon.”

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

“It doesn’t matter what it is. What matters is what it will become.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“A book is just like life and anything can change.”

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

“You’re off to great to places. Today is your day. Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.”

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

“When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played.”

“Be awesome! Be a book nut!”

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

“There’s no limit to how much you’ll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”

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

“Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you.”

“Fill your house with stacks of books, in all crannies and all the nooks.”

“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!”

“It is fun to have fun. But you have to know how.”

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

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

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

“Think and wonder, wonder and think.”

“And will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)”

“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent.”

“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”

“Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”

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

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

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

“Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you.”

“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!

“If you have a brain in your head and feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”

“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.”

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

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

“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut. Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

“Kid, you’ll move mountains! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!”

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

“Congratulations! Today is your day!” – Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

“You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who will decide where to go.”

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

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”

“Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” –One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish By Dr. Seuss.

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

“It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.”

“I’m sorry to say so but, sadly it’s true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you.”

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

“From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” – One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

“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.”

“Just tell yourself, Duckie, you’re really quite lucky.”

“You have to be odd to be number one.”

“Always remember you are braver than you believe Stronger than you seem, Smarter than you think & twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.”

“So be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life is a great balancing act.”

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

“Only you can control your future.”

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

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

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

“To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”

“Only you can control your future.”

“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.”

“Think and wonder, wonder and think.”

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”

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

“Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”

“There’s no limit to how much you’ll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”

“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees have no tongues.” Lorax Quote by Dr. Seuss

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

“Being crazy isn’t enough.”

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

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

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

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

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

“How did it get so late so soon?”

“It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.” ― The Lorax

“A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.”

“My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn’t make it up!”

“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”

“Adults are obsolete children.”

“Children’s reading and children’s thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise.”

“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.”

“Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.”

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

“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!”

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

“Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.”

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

“Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”

“You make ’em, I amuse ’em.” [children]

“Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.”

“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.”

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

“The more you read, the more things you will know.”

“Fill your house with books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.”

Fiction is my addiction.”

“You really can’t teach reading as a science. Love gets mixed up in it.”

“Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.”

“Reading is our thing!”

“Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent. Be awesome! Be a book nut!”

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

“You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.”

“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”

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

“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.”

“Reading can take you places you have never been before.”

“Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.”

“This book is to be read in bed.”

“Virtually every page is a cliffhanger – you’ve got to force them to turn it.”

“I can read in red. I can read in blue. I can read in pickle color too.”

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

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”

“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.”

“Oh, the places you’ll go when you read!”