a few quotes this month from some old favorite children's books
A little
Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
– Eeyore,
Winnie-the-Pooh
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "What can I do to keep my life from going by so fast?"
Then a voice comes to me that says, "Try slowing down at the corners."
— Charlie Brown, Peanuts
— Charlie Brown, Peanuts
How much good inside a day? Depends on how good you live 'em.
How much love is inside a
friend? Depends on how much you give 'em.
— Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.
– EB White, Charlotte’s Web
Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
—Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
I say, if your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to really re-examine your life.
—Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes
You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
– A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is You-er than You!
- Dr. Seuss.
There is no place like home.
-L. Frank Baum, Wizard of Oz
On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder
that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, “Life will
never be the same.”
- Nancy Tillman, On the
Night You Were Born
I love you right up to the moon...and back.
-Sam McBratney, Guess How Much I Love You
Shall
we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than
is necessary?
— J.M.
Barrie, The Little White Bird