"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
- Dr. Seuss
Compassion
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
Happiness
"Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!"
Self-awareness
"Only you can control your future."
Empowerment
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go."
"Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store."
Generosity
"Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
Imagination
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
Education
"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells."
Creativity
"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!"
"Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act."
Balance
"I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!"
Facing Fears
"A person's a person, no matter how small."
"You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in."
Self-esteem
"Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.'"
Motivation
"Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."
Contentment
"You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child."
"Fun is good."
Joy
"How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?"
Reflection
"You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room."
"Adults are obsolete children."
Philosophy
"I meant what I said and I said what I meant."
Integrity
"Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull... In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might."
Courage
"Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child."
Nature
