The books we read as kids can stay with us forever. Experience the most profound quotes found in Dr. Seuss’ books:
1. “Today you are YOU, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than YOU.”
(Happy Birthday To You)
2. You oughta be thankful a whole heaping lot, for the people and places you’re lucky you’re not.
(Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?)
3. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”
(Oh The Places You’ll Go!)
4. You do not like them. So you say.
Try them! Try them! And you may.
Try them and you may, I say.
(Green Eggs and Ham)
5. “Unless someone like you cares a whole lot, NOTHING is going to get better. It’s not.”
(The Lorax)
6. We’ve GOT to make noises in greater amounts! So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!
(Horton Hears A Who)
7. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)
(Oh The Places You’ll Go!)
8. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s A Great Balancing Act.
(Oh The Places You’ll Go!)
9. “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!”
(How The Grinch Stole Christmas)
10. If we didn’t have birthdays, you wouldn’t be you. If you’d never been born, well then what would you do?
(Happy Birthday To You!)
11. The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.
(I Can Read With My Eyes Shut)
12. Shout loud, “I am lucky to be what I am! Thank goodness I’m not just a clam or a ham or a dusty old jar of sour gooseberry jam!”
(Happy Birthday To You!)
13. Don’t give up! I believe in you all. A person’s a person, no matter how small!
(Horton Hears A Who)
14. And the turtles of course… all the turtles are free. As turtles, and maybe ALL creatures, should be.
(Yertle The Turtle)
15. There are so many things you can learn about, but you’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.
(I Can Read With My Eyes Shut)
16. Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one!
(One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish)
17. Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
(Oh, The Thinks You Can Think)
18. I know up on top you are seeing great sights, But down here on the bottom, We too should have rights.
(Yertle The Turtle)
19. So, on beyond Z! It’s high time you were shown. That you really don’t know. All there is to be known.
(On Beyond Zebra!)
20. Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
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