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21 Dr. Seuss Quotes To Get You Through The Day

His combination of wisdom, wit, and rhymes get me every time.

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Whenever I feel defeated by the universe or overwhelmed with life, I like to read "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss. The copy I always keep nearby in my dorm room was given to me by a dear friend after I graduated from high school, and I did not realize at first, but this children's book would help me out numerous times in the next two years and counting.

Dr. Seuss's combination of wisdom, wit, and rhymes get me every time. So, whether nothing is going right today or you are just feeling down, I recommend some Dr. Seuss because he always knows exactly what to say to help get you out of that slump. Need a quick fix right now? Here are 21 quotes that might just do the trick.

1. "Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive that is you-er than you."

2. "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get better. It's not."

3. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where to go.”

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

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

6. "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

7. "You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut."

8. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

9. "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

10. "So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act."

11. “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”

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

13. "Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"

14. "Be who you are and say how you feel because those how mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

15. "You're off the great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way."

16. "It's a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you're lucky you're not."

17. “Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind”

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

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

20. “Sometimes you will never know the value of something,until it becomes a memory."

21. "Only you can control your future."


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