Who doesn’t love Winnie the Pooh, that “bear of little brain”? His wisdom has made me smile many times, and when I am feeling a little blue or need a little whimsey, tis always nice to read a little Winnie the Pooh – or anything by A.A. Milne – simple truths that apply to us no matter how old or young we are.
“A hug is always the right size.”
Winnie the Pooh
“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, ‘What about lunch?’”
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.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Some people care too much I think it’s called love.”
Winnie the Pooh
“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
“It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.”
Winnie the Pooh
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you You have to go to them sometimes.”
Winnie the Pooh
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Rivers know this: There is no hurry We shall get there some day.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Any day spent with you is my favorite day So, today is my new favorite day.”
Winnie the Pooh
“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out .into the open and has other people looking at it.”
Winnie the Pooh
“When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is to not let the bees know you’re coming.”
Winnie the Pooh
“I’m so rumbly in my tumbly.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Always watch where you are going Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.”
Winnie the Pooh
“I’m not lost for I know where I am But however, where I am may be lost.”
Winnie the Pooh
“When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Those who are clever, who have a Brain, never understand anything.”
Winnie the Pooh
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Love is taking a few steps backward maybe even more to give way to the happiness of the person you love.”
Winnie the Pooh
“It isn’t much good having anything exciting, if you can’t share it with somebody.”
Winnie the Pooh
“What’s wrong with knowing what you know now and not knowing what you don’t know until later?”
Winnie the Pooh
“What could be more important than a little something to eat?”
Winnie the Pooh
“Yesterday, when it was tomorrow, it was too exciting a day for me.”
Winnie the Pooh
“If people are upset because you’ve forgotten something, console them by letting them know you didn’t forget—you just weren’t remembering.”
Winnie the Pooh
“If it’s not Here, that means it’s out There.”
Winnie the Pooh
“If possible, try to find a way to come downstairs that doesn’t involve going bump, bump, bump, on the back of your head.”
Winnie the Pooh
“I’m never afraid with you.”
Winnie the Pooh
“I always get to where I’m going by walking away from where I have been.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Oh, bother.”
Winnie the Pooh
“If you live to be a hundred, I hope I live to be a hundred minus one day, so that I never have to live a day without you.”
Winnie the Pooh
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
Winnie the Pooh
“A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.”
Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh Books
When We Were Very Young (1924)
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)
Now We Are Six (1927)
The House at Pooh Corner (1923)
The Pooh Story Book (1965)
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh (1994)
Winnie the Pooh: Complete Collection of Stories and Poems (2004)
