Sunday, May 16

20 Wise Quotes from Winnie the Pooh

by Karen Robert

When looking for quotes for the captions on my vintage photo cards, I realized that some of the wisest things ever said were said by Winnie the Pooh (with a little help from AA Milne of course). He really is such a wise old bear. I realize that I’ve got to read these books. Amazingly, I never did read them to my kids all the way through. I watched the original Winnie the Pooh with them many times though. Sadly, I am not joking. Don’t bother sending me a comment that I am a pathetic mother, I have already said it to myself.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I did.

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book.

A little consideration, a little thought for Others, makes all the difference.
– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book.

Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.

– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book.

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
– Winnie the Pooh

I used to believe in forever . . . but forever was too good to be true.
– Winnie the Pooh

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
– Winnie the Pooh

If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.
– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book.

If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.
– Winnie the Pooh

If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.
– Winnie the Pooh, Disney Pictures

Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.
–  Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

People who don’t Think probably don’t have Brains; rather, they have grey fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake.
– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is go where they can find you.

– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book.

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

Some people care too much, I think it’s called love.

– Winnie the Pooh

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.
– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

When late morning rolls around and you’re feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t worry; you’re probably just a little eleven o’clockish.
– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

When looking at your two paws, as soon as you have decided which of them is the right one, then you can be sure the other one is the left.

– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.
– The House at Pooh Corner

You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
– Pooh’s Little Instruction Book

I am making a card with my favorite of these quotes “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” I thought it would be a good card to give to teenagers because sometimes we forget to give them words encouragements. Though they seem to bungle along, they often do things right, more often than we give them credit for. I found an article at http://www.radicalparenting.com/2009/03/30/winnie-the-pooh’s-guide-to-raising-teenagers/ It is a funny article called “Winnie the Pooh’s Guide to Raising Teenagers”. I tell you, the Winnie the Pooh books are sneakily wise.

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