Dr. Seuss was a super fun writer who knew how to make life simple and exciting. His books, quotes, and thoughts are like magical gems of wisdom that make people smile and feel good. With the use of his playful words, he inspired kids and adults to see the world in a positive way. It’s like he sprinkled a bit of his whimsical magic everywhere, making life awesome and full of adventure! Read some of the best Dr. Seuss quotes and sayings to brighten your day.
Theodor Seuss Geisel, pen name âDr. Seussâ was an iconic children’s author and cartoonist. He is best known for writing popular children’s books which are noted for their memorable rhymes, imaginative plots, and interesting characters.
He is best known for his books to help kids learn to read, such as One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Hop on Pop, and Green Eggs and Ham, his inspirational tales including The Lorax, and Oh, the Places You’ll Go! and the mischievous The Cat in the Hat.
Dr. Seuss’s birthday is March 2, 1904. This day is celebrated as âDr. Seuss Dayâ and âNational Read Across America Dayâ to honor his lasting and impactful work.
“Seussisms” is a New York Times bestseller that gathers a collection of quotes from Dr. Seuss. It’s a fantastic gift idea, especially for graduations!
His books, quotes, and thoughts are pearls of wisdom that inspired people and made a positive difference in their lives. Get a grip on your life with these inspirational Dr. Seuss Quotes!
Top 10 Dr. Seuss Quotes
- âYou have to be odd to be number one.â â Dr. Seuss                                        Â
- âA personâs a person, no matter how small.â â Dr. Seuss                                        Â
- âWhy fit in when you were born to stand out.â â Dr. Seuss                                      Â
- âDonât cry because itâs over, smile because it happened.â â Dr. Seuss                                          Â
- âToday you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive that is youer than you.â â Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!
- âYou know youâre in love when you canât fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.â â Dr. Seuss                                                                        Â
- âBe who you are and say what you feel because those who mind donât matter and those who matter donât mind.â â Dr. Seuss                                                                  Â
- âTo the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.â â Dr. Seuss
- âThe more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places youâll go.â â Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
- âIâm afraid sometimes youâll play lonely games too, games you canât win because youâll play against you.â â Dr. Seuss
Famous Quotes By Dr. Seuss Quotes
- âOnly you can control your future.â â Dr. Seuss
- âThink and wonder. Wonder and think.â â Dr. Seuss
- âOh, the things you can find if you don’t stay behind!â â Dr. Seuss
- âToday I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYou never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.â â Dr. Seuss
- âCongratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to great places. You’re off and away!â â Dr. Seuss
- âThey say Iâm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!â â Dr. Seuss
- âFantasy is a necessary ingredient in livingâitâs a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.â â Dr. Seuss
- âHow 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 flown. How did it get so late so soon?â â Dr. Seuss
Oh The Places You’ll Go Quotes
“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” is one of Dr. Seuss’s most beloved books, filled with inspirational and memorable quotes.
These quotes from “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” are filled with encouragement and wisdom, reminding readers of the endless possibilities in life’s journey.
- âYou have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!                                                                                     Â
- âYouâre off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So get on your way!â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!                                                                                              Â
- âAnd will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
- âSo be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life is a great balancing act.â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!                                                                     Â
- âYouâre on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one whoâll decide where to go.â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
- âWith your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, youâre too smart to go down any not-so-good street.â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
- âWhen you’re in a Slump, you’re not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
- âYou 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.â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
- âYouâll be on your way up! Youâll be seeing great sights! Youâll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!                                                             Â
- âIf things start happening, donât worry, donât stew, just go right along and youâll start happening too.â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss Short Quotes
- âI meant what I said and I said what I meant.â â Dr. Seuss
- âIf we do not choose, we will end up with none.â â Dr. Seuss
- âIt is better to know how to learn than to know.â â Dr. Seuss
- âIt is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYouâll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.â â Dr. Seuss
- âAdults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.â â Dr. Seuss
- âToday was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.â â Dr. Seuss
- âThings are never quite as scary when youâve got a best friend.â â Dr. Seuss
- âI do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYou do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may!â â Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss Quotes For Kids
- âKid, youâll move mountains.â â Dr. Seuss                                                       Â
- âSo, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!â â Dr. Seuss                                   Â
- âJust tell yourself, Duckie, youâre really quite lucky.â â Dr. Seuss
- âItâs not about what it is. Itâs about what it can become.â â Dr. Seuss, The Lorax                   Â
- âA tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.â â Dr. Seuss, The Lorax                   Â
- âIf you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.â â Dr. Seuss                           Â
- âFrom there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.â â Dr. Seuss
- âI like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.â â Dr. Seuss                                                                        Â
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- âI know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.â â Dr. Seuss
- âAlways remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as youâve ever imagined.â â Dr. Seuss                                    Â
- âThere 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.â â Dr. Seuss
Inspirational Dr. Seuss Quotes
- âTake every chance, drop every fear.ââ Dr. Seuss
- âYou are you. Now, isnât that pleasant?â â Dr. Seuss
- “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.â â Dr. Seuss
- âThings may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you.â â Dr. Seuss
- âIf you keep your eyes open enough, Oh, the stuff you will learn, Oh, the most wonderful stuff.â â Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
- âYouâll never be bored when you try something new. Thereâs really no limit to what you can do.â â Dr. Seuss
- âI know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYouâll be on your way up! Youâll be seeing great sights! Youâll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.â â Dr. Seuss
- âThe storm starts, when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.â â Dr. Seuss
Best Dr. Seuss Book Quotes
- âReading can take you places you have never been before.â â Dr. Seuss                                    Â
- âFill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.â â Dr. Seuss
- âWhen he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYou can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYouâll never be bored when you try something new. Thereâs really no limit to what you can do.â â Dr. Seuss                                                                                                    Â
- âSo the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYou can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.â â Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
- âWords and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYouâre never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.â â Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!
- âThink left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!â â Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!
- What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.â â Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!                                      Â
Dr. Seuss Quotes about Love
- âBeing crazy isn’t enough.â â Dr. Seuss
- âIf you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it.â â Dr. Seuss
- âRemember me and smile, for itâs better to forget than to remember me and cry.â â Dr. Seuss
- âSometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.â â Dr. Seuss
- âUnless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get better. Itâs not.â â Dr. Seuss
- âAnd the turtles, of course…all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYou know youâre in love when you canât fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.â â Dr. Seuss
- âIâm 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.â â Dr. Seuss
- âWe are all a little weird and lifeâs 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.â â Dr. Seuss                                                                                     Â
Dr. Seuss’s Quotes About Life
- âBecause when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.â â Dr. Seuss                   Â
- âJust never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.â â Dr. Seuss
- âI sort of got thinkingâitâs sort of a shame that scrambled eggs always taste always the same.â â Dr. Seuss
- âIf youâd never been born, then you might be an Isnât! An Isnât has no fun at all. No, he didnât!â â Dr. Seuss
- âWhenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‘You can do better than this.ââ â Dr. Seuss
- âTwenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.â â Dr. Seuss                                                                Â
- âWhen something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let is destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.ââ Dr. Seuss
- âCause when a guy does something stupid once, well thatâs because heâs a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, thatâs usually to impress some girl.â â Dr. Seuss
- âI have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But Iâve bought a big bat. Iâm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!â â Dr. Seuss
Quotes By Dr. Seuss
- âI donât care how you go. Just get.â â Dr. Seuss
- âItâs opener there in the wide open air.â â Dr. Seuss
- âPoor empty pants with nobody inside them.â â Dr. Seuss
- âFor a host, above all, must be kind to his guests.â â Dr. Seuss
- âOh, the things you can find if you donât stay behind!â â Dr. Seuss
- âYouâre in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.â â Dr. Seuss
- âMy trouble was I had a mind but I couldn’t make it up!â â Dr. Seuss
- âHe who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.â â Dr. Seuss
- âI’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you.â â Dr. Seuss
- âSimple itâs not, I am afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.â â Dr. Seuss
- âIn the places I go there are things that I see that I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.â â Dr. Seuss
- âI’m afraid that sometimes you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win ’cause you’ll play against you.â â Dr. Seuss
Popular Dr. Seuss Quotes
- âShorth is better than length.â â Dr. Seuss
- âEverything stinks until itâs finished.â â Dr. Seuss
- âOh, the things you can find if you donât stay behind!â â Dr. Seuss
- âToday I shall behave as if this is the day I will be remembered.â â Dr. Seuss
- âNothing is going to change, unless someone does something soon.â â Dr. Seuss
- âAll alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something youâll be quite a lot.â â Dr. Seuss
- âWhen youâre in a Slump, youâre not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.â â Dr. Seuss
- âYou ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people youâre lucky youâre not.â â Dr. Seuss
- âIâm telling you this âcause youâre one of my friends. My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends!â â Dr. Seuss
- âYou can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.â â Dr. Seuss
More About Dr.Seuss’ Life
He has authored more than 60 childrenâs books, selling over 600 million copies many of which have been made into films.
Through his witty storytelling abilities, Seuss touched the soul of the readers, making reading fun and entertaining for them.
He passed away in 1991 at age 87, but his legacy continues to inspire generations of young readers and changed the world of childhood books forever.
Dr. Seuss Books And Facts
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”: This iconic holiday story was written as a response to a debate over the commercialization of Christmas. The book later inspired an animated TV special and multiple film adaptations.
The Creation of “Green Eggs and Ham“: Dr. Seuss wrote “Green Eggs and Ham” on a bet with his publisher that he couldn’t write a book using only 50 different words. It became one of his most popular and enduring works.
“The Lorax” and Environmental Themes: Dr. Seuss’s book “The Lorax” highlighted environmental concerns and the importance of conservation. It remains relevant in discussions about ecological issues.
Honorary Doctorate: He adopted the title “Dr.” when Dartmouth College awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1956, acknowledging his contributions to children’s literature.
Conclusion
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