Surprisingly Profound Words Found In Children's Books

Amazing how even from books written for children we find words that offer instruction to the elderly too.Compiled in this short post are some thought-provoking quotes from children's books. Feel free to let us know of any that comes to your mind too after reading this.

• "Promise me you'll remember, yo are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think."
  A.A. Milne, Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

• "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
  J.K. Rowlings, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone.

• "For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are."
  C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew.

• "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invincible to the eye."
  Antoine de Saint Exupery, The Little Prince.

• "I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be."
  Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle In Time.

• "It's no use to go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."
  Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

• "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get better. It's not."
  Dr. Seuss, The Lorax.

• "If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."
  Roald Dahl, Matilda.

• "Today you are YOU, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is morre Youer than YOU."
  Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday To You.

• "Be who you are and ay how you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
  Dr. Seuss, Cat in the Hat.

• "What day is it?" asked Winnie the Pooh.
  "Today," squealed Piglet.
  "My favourite day," said Pooh.
  A.A. Milne, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

• "Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you. Because the greatest secrets zre always hidden in the most unlikely places."
  Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

• "Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions. I'm so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them-that's the best part of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting."
  L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables.

• "You have been my fiend. That in itself is a tremendous thing."
  E.B. White, Charlotte's Web.

• "In every job that must be done there is an element of fun. You find the fun and the job is a game."
  P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins.

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