“Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.” —Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
“The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.W” —Lord Byron
“Every dog is valiant in his own kennel.” —French Proverb
“The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.” —Stanley Coren
“Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you’re never friendless ever, if you have a dog.” —Douglas Malloch
“The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.” —George Graham
“Day after day, the whole day through—Wherever my road inclined—Four-Feet said, ‘I am coming with you!’ And trotted along behind.” —Rudyard Kipling
“Perhaps dogs help us remember the depth of our roots, reminding us—the animals at the other end of the leash—that we may be special, but we are not alone. No wonder we call them our best friends.” —Patricia McConnell
“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 A. Caras
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.” —William Shakespeare
“The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.” —Michel Houellebecq
“Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf.” —Armenian Proverb
“The greatest 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
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does.” —Christopher Morley
“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.” —Marilyn Monroe
“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.” —Robert Louis Stevenson
“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.” —Emily Dickinson
“Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.” —Ann Landers
“Even the dog gets bread by wagging his tail.” —Italian Proverb
“To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.” —Aldous Huxley
“There are three faithful friends—an old wife, an old dog and ready money.” —Ben Franklin
“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.” —Harry S. Truman
“Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog remains a dog.” —French Proverb
“A man’s soul can be judged by the way he treats his dog.” —Charles Doran
“A dog is a bond between strangers.” —John Steinbeck
“When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.” —Eckhart Tolle
“Keep the bone and the dog will follow.” —Irish Proverb
“No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.” —Herman Melville
“Every dog has, as I do, the urge to question. And I, like all dogs, have the compulsion to be silent.” —Franz Kafka
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” —Mark Twain
“When the dog is awake, the shepherd may sleep.” —German Proverb
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does.” —Christopher Morley
“Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dog.” —Ernest Thompson Seton
“Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had.” —Thom Jones
“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.” —Alexander Pope“As is the master, so is his dog.” —Spanish Proverb
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” – Josh Billings
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To them, here and now is paradise.” – Milan Kundera
“Dogs leave paw prints on our hearts. A dog is the only animal that doesn’t have to work for his keep. A dog becomes more human the longer he lives with people.” – Unknown
“Dogs will love you even if you don’t deserve it. They will love you unconditionally, no matter what. They will love you through thick and thin.” – Unknown
“Dogs are our best friends. They are always there for us, no matter what. They love us unconditionally, and they never judge us.” – Unknown
“Dogs are the best judges of character. They know who is good and who is bad. They can see right through us, and
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“I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.” – Mark Twain
“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.” – Charles M. Schulz
“Over the years I have felt the truest, purest love—the love of God, really, I imagine that’s what God’s love feels like—is the love that comes from your dog.” – Oprah Winfrey
“If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there may not necessarily be anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.” – Roger Caras
“Every dog must have his day.” – Jonathan Swift
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.” – John Grogan
“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.” – W. Bruce Cameron
“What do dogs do on their day off? Can’t lie around—that’s their job.” – George Carlin
“If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” – Will Rogers
“Dogs are our link to paradise.” – Milan Kundera
“Did you know that there are over 300 words for love in canine?” – Gabriel Zevin
“There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog.” – Konrad Lorenz
“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.” – Gilda Radner
“My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” – Elayne Boosler
“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished.” – Dean Koontz
“Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.” – Agnes Sligh Turnbull
“The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.” – Robert Falcon Scott
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” – Christopher Morley
“No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.” – Louis Sabin
“Be the person your dog thinks you are.” – C.J. Frick
“The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.” – Konrad Lorenz
“The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.” – Michel Houellebecq
“Opening up your life to a dog who needs a home is one of the most fulfilling things you can do.” – Emma Kenney
“A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” – Robert Wagner
“Before you get a dog, you can’t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can’t imagine living any other way.” – Caroline Knapp
“My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.” – Edith Wharton
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” – Groucho Marx
“Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles M. Schulz
“Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.” – Kinky Friedman
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Rodger A. Caras
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” – Josh Billings
“Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation, and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” – Dean Koontz
“It’s just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn’t it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.” – John Grogan
“Dogs do speak, but only to those who low how to listen.” – Orhan Pamuk
“The greatest 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
“Everything I know, I learned from dogs.” – Nora Roberts
“After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation.” – Robert McCammon
“Once when I had remarked on the affection quote often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, ‘Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs.'” – C.S. Lewis
“I’ve seen a long in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.” – John Steinbeck
“I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.” – Doris Day
“The face of a golden retriever feels like home.” – David Rosenfelt
“If I could be half the person my dog is, I’d be twice the human I am.” – Charles Yu
“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.” – Nora Ephron
they always know what we need.” – Unknown
“The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.” – Konrad Lorenz
- “Dogs have more sense than people. They know who loves them” – Robert De Niro
“Bark from the heart, and your voice will reach the ears of the world” – William Arthur Ward
- “Everything I know I learned from dogs.” – Nora Roberts
- “I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.” – Gilda Radner
- “The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since we humans programmed this vulnerability, it’s our responsibility to ensure that our dogs do not suffer as a result.” – John Bradshaw
- “Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.”– Orhan Pamuk
- “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Roger Caras
- “The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” – Charles De Gaulle
- “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” – Dean Koontz
- “When an 85-pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad.” – Kristan Higgins
- “Every dog must have his day.” – Jonathan Swift
- “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”– Josh Billing
- “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” – Mark Twain
- “There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog” – Konrad Lorenz
- A dog is a man’s best friend.
- He is a dog with two tails.
- Let a sleeping dog lie
- It’s a dog-eat-dog world
- Working like a dog
- Its bark is worse than its bite
- Barking up the wrong tree
- Being dog tired
- The dog has four feet, but he does not walk on four roads at the same time. ~ Haitian Proverb
- A grateful dog has more worth than an ungrateful man. ~ Arabian Proverb
- Ho loves me loves my dog. ~ Latin Proverb
- To a dog a bone has more value than a pearl. ~ Filipino Proverb
- One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand. ~ Zulu Proverb
- The dog barks, the pig eats. ~ Corsican Proverb
- The good dog never gets a good bone. ~ Martiniquais Proverb
- Beware of a man that does not talk and a dog that does not bark. ~ Portuguese Proverb
- A dog with a bone is always in danger. ~ African Proverb
- The best thing about a man is his dog. ~ French Proverb
- If you must be a servant, serve the rich; if you must be a dog, let it be a temple dog. ~ Laotian Proverb
- Even good dogs have fleas. ~ Russian Proverb
- A dog shows affection even to a poor family. ~ Chinese Proverb
- A dog that barks all the time gets little attention. ~ Argentine Proverb
- A dog that barks much is never a good hunter. ~ Traditional Proverb
- No good dog barks without reason. ~ French Proverb
- When a dog has money, he buys cheese. ~ Jamaican Proverb
- For every dog, there is an appropriate stick. ~ Mexican Proverb