1. “Adults are obsolete children.”
2. "Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind."
3. “Don't give up. I believe in you all. A person's a person no matter how small.”
4. “From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.”
5. ”How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?”
6. “If you want to catch beasts you don't see everyday,
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.”
7. “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!”
8. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”
9. ”My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It's the letter I use to spell yuzz-a-ma-tuzz. You'll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond 'Z' and start poking around!”
10. “There are so many things you can learn about. But you'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.”
11. “There was no time for play.
This was no time for fun.
This was no time for games.
There was work to be done.”
12. ”Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
13. “Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way.”
14. “Unslumping yourself is not easily done.”
15. “Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.”
16. “You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”
17. “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.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.”
18. "You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in."
