This page is a collection of inspirational dog quotes.
Recently I had the opportunity to rescue an abandoned dog. What a great feeling! At first Rufus was a bit shy, but over the weeks he's become outgoing, friendly, and very playful. I can see in his face how happy he is to live here and I am just as happy to have him. He has quickly become part of the family. Rufus is my first dog and it's been amazing to experience how much love and life a dog can bring to a home.
These inspirational dog quotes are here in appreciation of dogs everywhere and their caretakers.
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am. -unknown
No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich. -Louis Sabin
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. -Roger Caras
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. -unknown
I have a dog and sometimes I'll be the littlest kid with my dog and marvel at his ears and his nose and how he looks at me. If he died, I'd bawl like a baby. -Aaron Eckhart
A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself. -Josh Billings
A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk. -O.A. Battista
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The dog represents all that is best in man. -Etienne Charlet
Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching. -Rudyard Kipling
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. -Roger Caras
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring- it was peace. -Milan Kundera
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear. -Dave Barry
Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. -Roger Caras
Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. -Agnes Sligh Turnbull
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I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. -Abraham Lincoln
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. -Gilda Radner
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. -Mark Twain
If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either. -unknown
One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why. -unknown
Puppies are nature's remedy for feeling unloved, plus numerous other ailments of life. -Richard Allan Palm
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. -Samuel Butler
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The more people I meet the more I like my dog. -unknown
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -unknown
Every dog must have his day. -Jonathan Swift
To err is human, to forgive, canine. -unknown
Happiness is a warm puppy. -Charles M. Schulz
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. -Ben Williams
They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation. -Jerome K. Jerome
Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies. -Gene Hill
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