18 Quotes That 100% PROVE Dr. Seuss Understood The Meaning Of Life

Dr. Seuss was basically an essential part of everyone's childhood. Whether Green Eggs and Ham was your favorite or The Cat in the Hat, we all fell madly in love with the wild and witty rhymes crafted by the man born Theodor Seuss Geisel.

Now that we're all grown up (and reading these gems to our own kids), we're amazed at what we're finding — line and after line of the most BRILLIANT life advice.

Yes, it's as if Dr. Seuss totally understood the meaning of life.

Here are some of Dr. Seuss’s best quotes about life ... and you try to argue with us that this man wasn't a freaking genius.

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"Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered." — Dr. Seuss

2

"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" — Dr. Seuss

3

"If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too." — Dr. Seuss

4

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple." — Dr. Seuss

5

"Don’t cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." — Dr. Seuss

6

"You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut." — Dr. Seuss

7

"Only you can control your future." — Dr. Seuss

8

"You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!" — Dr. Seuss

9

"Sometimes you will never know the value of the moment until it becomes a memory." — Dr. Seuss

10

"If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good. " — Dr. Seuss

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"You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. 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!" — Dr. Seuss

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"Oh the things you can find if you don't stay behind!" — Dr. Seuss

13

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

14

"You're on your own and you know what you know. And you are the one who will decide where to go." — Dr. Seuss

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"Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's a great balancing act." — Dr. Seuss

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"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you." — Dr. Seuss

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"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." — Dr. Seuss

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." — Dr. Seuss

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