I've been thinking of home a lot while applying to various summer programs and internships. I started thinking about Dr. Seuss and how I wanted to reread a few of his books for fun when I got home later in May. I looked him up online because reading Dr. Seuss' books, or just seeing his quotes, always makes me happy. I found 35 quotes that sum up my freshman year and that will still be relevant throughout college. Enjoy!
1. "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go."
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2. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
3. "Step with care and great tact, and remember that life's a Great Balancing Act."
4. "I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells."
5. "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
6. "Only you can control your future."
7. "Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!"
8. "Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
9. "You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room."
10. "Fun is good."
11. "From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere."
12. "Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.'"
13. "Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."
14. "Hollywood is not suited for me, and I am not suited for it."
15. "I meant what I said and I said what I meant."
16. "And will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)"
17. "Oh the things you can find, if you don't stay behind!"
18. "Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"
19. "If you never did you should. These things are fun. And fun is good."
20. "Think and wonder, wonder and think."
21. "You are you. Now isn't that pleasant."
22. "You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut."
23. "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
24. "Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!"
25. "Oh, the thinks you can think!"
26. "If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too."
27. "You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights!"
28. "It's better to know how to learn than to know."
29. "You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where to go."
30. "It's opener there in the wide open air."
31. "So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!"
32. "A person's a person, no matter how small."
33. "Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky!
34. "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory."
35. "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
Enjoy the last few weeks of the school year.
