32 Motivational Dr. Seuss Quotes To Brighten Up Your Day

A list of uplifting Dr. Seuss quotes on life, love, and motivation

“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”

Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was a person that single-handily created a world of wonders for both children and adults. Whether it’s The Cat in the Hat, or Green Eggs And Ham, the stories and characters he created conquered the heart of generations.

Born on March 2, 1094, Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in a family of German descent in Springfield, Massachusetts. When he was a kid, he demonstrated a passion and talent for drawing and sketching. He would draw animals on the wall out of his whimsical imaginations.

Because his family ran a brewery business before World War I, Seuss was often made fun of and called the “drunken German.” He was introverted and didn’t have many friends. Sketching animals in the zoo was probably his favorite pass-time.

Geisel adopted the name “Dr. Seuss” as a Dartmouth undergraduate and an editor at the school’s magazine. However, after being caught drinking illegally, Geisel was removed from his position.

It forced him to use the name “Dr. Seuss” in the magazine instead of his full name. And surprise, surprise, he was not a doctor. He added Dr. to his mother’s maiden name only because it’s his father’s wish for him to become a vet.

Just as his pen name was a beautiful accident, so is his career in writing children’s comic books. He was a successful businessman publishing funny ads for clients. But his contract forbid him from writing jokes for adults in the newspaper. So he turned to the genre of children’s comics.

Though he didn’t see success right from the get-go, his entertaining stories and vivid characters took the world of children literature by surprise.

Dr. Seuss is an optimistic and down-to-earth writer. His optimism also shows in his quotes about life, love, and dreams.

Though he is not around anymore, Dr. Seuss’s words of wisdom will continue to inspire and influence generations to come.

Following are my collection of the most inspirational Dr. Seuss quotes and sayings on life, motivation, and love. These quotes are not just for children but can also be a dose of motivation for adults.

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…

There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Only you can control your future.

It is better to know how to learn than to know.

Everything stinks till it’s finished.

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You have to be odd to be number one.

It doesn’t matter what it is. What matters is what it will become.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

You can find magic wherever you look.

You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

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.

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.

Love the people who treat you right, forgive the ones who don’t and believe that everything happens for a reason.

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Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

Remember that life’s A Great Balancing Act.

If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right along and you’ll start happening too.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

Think and wonder, wonder and think.

When he worked, he really worked.
But when he played, he really PLAYED.

Sometimes you will never know the value of something until it becomes a memory.

If you want to catch beasts you don’t see every day,
you have to go places quite out of the way;
you have to go places no others can get to;
you have to get cold and you have to get wet too.

Read.Travel.Read.Ask.Read.Learn.Read.Connect.Read.

Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.

Life’s too short to wake up with regrets.

If you get a chance, take it.
If it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said it’d be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

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