Everyone knows who Dr. Seuss is and if you don't you're missing out on some great stories. Dr. Seuss published over 60 books in his career. He's mostly known for "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham". You probably grew up with his rhymes and his beloved characters and you will most likely pass all this on to your children. After WW2 Dr. Seuss published "If I Ran The Zoo" and the famous "Horton Hears a Who!". But did you know that during the war he published political cartoons weekly to a liberal publication called PM Magazine? It wasn't until 1957 that he published "The Cat in the Hat" and later published "Green Eggs and Ham" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".
Dr. Seuss was a iconic figure in our lives growing up. But have you every really thought about what he was saying? How his rhymes could effect you, change you life, or just make you think? Well, here are 20 quotes from the man himself to make you think.
1. Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.
2. Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
3. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
4. You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.
5. Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
6. Think! You can think and think that you wish.
7. If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.
8. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction your choose.
9. Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
10. You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant?
11. It is better to know how to learn than to know.
12. The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
13. A person's a person, no matter how small.
14. I meant what I said and I said what I meant.
15. Only you can control your future.
16. Be who you are and say what you mean. Because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
17. Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind.
18. Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.
19. From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
20. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where to go.
