I have been obsessed with Winnie the Pooh for as long as I can remember. My obsession even earned me the nickname "Pooh" with my parents.

Pooh Bear didn't know what was hitting him when I visited Disney World as a child; he wasn't prepared for 2-year-old me to wrap my little arms around his neck and not ever let go.

I wasn't obsessed with him for his wise quotes or sweet sense of humor. I just thought he was a cute, cuddly bear with funny friends. Fast forward 17 years and I now realize Pooh Bear has some pretty smart stuff to say.

1. "You don't spell [love]…you feel it."

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2. “Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”

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3. “I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”

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4. *Piglet asks, "We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?"* "Even longer."

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5. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

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6. "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."

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7. “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”

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8. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

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9. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”

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10. “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, “What about lunch?”

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11. “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”

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12. “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.”

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I hope Winnie the Pooh has managed to inspire you by the end of this article. Here's to more wise Winnie the Pooh quotes after his movie comes out this August!