100+ Witty, Wacky and Absolutely Wonderful Dr. Seuss Quotes for Every Occasion

Every March 2 we celebrate the birthday of Theodor Geisel—you know him as Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss is known for his delightful rhymes and stories for kids. But beyond quotes from Dr. Seuss's famous children's books—from Oh, the Places You'll Go! to Green Eggs and Ham—the best Dr. Seuss quotes apply to adults and everyday life, too.

The prolific children’s book author was born on March 2, 1904, and his mark on kids’ literature was so indelible, the National Education Association created National Read Across America Day in honor of the day. Dr. Seuss passed away in 1991 at age 87, but new generations of children still learn to read—and learn to flex their imaginations—with his unforgettable characters and rhymes to this day. That’s why we’re marking his life with some of Dr. Seuss' most inspiring quotes—many of which work well as birthday wishes! Some quotes are drawn from his books and others from interviews, but they’re all equally worth remembering.

From the best famous Dr. Seuss quotations to Dr. Seuss quotes that encourage you to embrace your individuality to funny Doctor Seuss quotes and sayings that'll make you feel like a kid again, these best Dr. Seuss quotes about life are guaranteed to make your day just a little bit brighter.

You'll be familiar with some of these famous Dr. Seuss quotations, while others may be entirely new to you. But one thing's for sure: This big list of the 103 best Dr. Seuss quotes and sayings has something just right for every occasion.

100+ Dr. Seuss Quotes

1. “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” — Dr. Seuss

2. “To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.” — Dr. Seuss

3. “Simple it’s not, I am afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.” – Dr. Seuss

4. “Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.” – Dr. Seuss

5. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss

6. “You do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may!” – Dr. Seuss

7. “If we do not choose, we will end up with none.” — Dr. Seuss

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

9. “I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.” ― Dr. Seuss

10. “You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So get on your way!” — Dr. Seuss

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

12. “If you’d never been born, then you might be an Isn’t! An Isn’t has no fun at all. No, he didn’t!” – Dr. Seuss

13. “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.” ― Dr. Seuss

14. “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” — Dr. Seuss

15. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss

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16. “Only you can control your future.” — Dr. Seuss

17. “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!” — Dr. Seuss

18. “With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.” – Dr. Seuss

19. “You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go.” — Dr. Seuss

20. “You have to be odd to be number one.” — Dr. Seuss

21. “One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish!” ― Dr. Seuss

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

23. “It is better to know how to learn than to know.” — Dr. Seuss

24. “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.” — Dr. Seuss

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

26. “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.” ― Dr. Seuss

27. “ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!” ― Dr. Seuss

28. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.” – Dr. Seuss

29. “I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.” ― Dr. Seuss

30. "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” — Dr. Seuss

31. “What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!” — Dr. Seuss

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

33. “Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.” — Dr. Seuss

34. “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living—it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.” — Dr. Seuss

35. “You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.” — Dr. Seuss

36. “Reading can take you places you have never been before.” — Dr. Seuss

37. “When 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.”― Dr. Seuss

38. “It’s opener there in the wide open air.” — Dr. Seuss

39. “You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” — Dr. Seuss

40. “If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.” – Dr. Seuss

41. “I meant what I said and I said what I meant.” — Dr. Seuss

42. “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive that is youer than you.” — Dr. Seuss

43. “Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.” — Dr. Seuss

44. “Kid, you’ll move mountains.” — Dr. Seuss

45. “I don’t care how you go. Just get.” — Dr. Seuss

46. “Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.” — Dr. Seuss

47. “For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests.” ― Dr. Seuss

48. “Not here, not there, not anywhere!” ― Dr. Seuss

49. “Oh, the places you’ll go.” — Dr. Seuss

50. “And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!” — Dr. Seuss

51. "Hollywood is not suited for me, and I am not suited for it.” — Dr. Seuss

52. “My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!” ― Dr. Seuss

53. "Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.” ― Dr. Seuss

54. “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” — Dr. Seuss

55. “Take every chance, drop every fear.”― Dr. Seuss

56. “It’s not about what it is. It’s about what it can become.” — Dr. Seuss

57. “There 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.” — Dr. Seuss

58. “It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all.” ― Dr. Seuss

59. “Just tell yourself, Duckie, you’re really quite lucky.” – Dr. Seuss

60. “So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!” — Dr. Seuss

61. “And this mess is so big and so deep and so tall, we cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!” ― Dr. Seuss

62. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Dr. Seuss

63. “Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.’” — Dr. Seuss

64. “Some people are much more… oh, ever so much more… oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!” ― Dr. Seuss

65. “The storm starts, when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.” ― Dr. Seuss

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

67. “You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.” — Dr. Seuss

68. “I sort of got thinking—it’s sort of a shame that scrambled eggs always taste always the same.” — Dr. Seuss

69. “Think and wonder. Wonder and think.” — Dr. Seuss

70. "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” — Dr. Seuss

71. Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you.” – Dr. Seuss

72. “Congratulations! Today is your day!” – Dr. Seuss

73. “Poor empty pants with nobody inside them.” ― Dr. Seuss

74. “I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.” — Dr. Seuss

75. “You are you. Now, isn’t that pleasant?” – Dr. Seuss

76. “I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.” – Dr. Seuss

77. “You’ll never be bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.” — Dr. Seuss

78. “Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well that’s because he’s a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.” ― Dr. Seuss

79. “Being crazy isn't enough.” ― Dr. Seuss

80. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out.” — Dr. Seuss

81. “You ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around ” ― Dr. Seuss

82. “And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.” ― Dr. Seuss

83. “‘Tut tut!’ said the doctor. ‘Such talk! How absurd! Your tail is just right for your kind of bird.’” — Dr. Seuss

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

85. “When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played.” — Dr. Seuss

86. “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.” ― Dr. Seuss

87. “How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?” — Dr. Seuss

88. “Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know, go ask your dad.” ― Dr. Seuss

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

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

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

92. “He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.” ― Dr. Seuss

93. “All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you’ll be quite a lot.” – Dr. Seuss