The Best Quotes About Dogs To Make You Smile

Dogs make our lives whole, and without them, many of us dog lovers can agree that our lives would be incomplete. We love them for the ways they make us smile when we’re feeling blue, and their unflinching loyalty on even our darkest days fills our hearts with joy. When it comes to our four-legged best friends, there are a great number of quotes about dogs that exemplify the bond between humans and man’s best friend. Keep reading to discover some of the best quotes about dogs all in one place!

“Be the person your dog thinks you are.” — C.J. Frick

​​“Everything I know I learned from dogs.” – Nora Roberts

“Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.” – Elizabeth Taylor

“Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.” – Franklin P. Jones

“Every dog must have his day.” — Jonathan Swift

“Opening up your life to a dog who needs a home is one of the most fulfilling things you can do.” — Emma Kenney

​​”No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.” – Louis Sabin

“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

“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.” — Gilda Radner

​​”Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” — Roger Caras

“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished.” — Dean Koontz

“If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” — Will Cameron

“The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s.” — Mark Twain

“The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.” — Robert Falcon Scott

“Dogs are our link to paradise.” — Milan Kundera

“The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.” — Konrad Lorenz

“My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” — Elayne Boosler

“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

“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.” — W. Bruce Cameron

“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.” — Orphan Pamuk

“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

“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

“Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.” — Agnes Sligh Turnbull

“No one appreciates the extraordinary genius of your conversation as the dog does.” — Christopher Morley

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” — Josh Billings

“A dog will teach you, unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” — Robert Wagner

“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

“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” – Charles De Gaulle

“Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job.” – Franklin P. Jones

“Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles Shultz

“What do dogs do on their day off? Can’t lie around – that’s their job.” – George Carlin

“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.” – Woodrow Wilson

“When an 85-pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad.” – Kristan Higgins

“Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.” – Agatha Christie

“If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.” – James Thurber

“The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.” – Stanley Coren

“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

“​​A dog is the only thing that can mend a crack in your broken heart.” — Judy Desmond

“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” — Andy Rooney

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