87 Best Quotes on Dogs – Don’t Miss #31

Dogs are one of the most beloved and popular animals in the world. They are known for their loyalty, affection, and intelligence. They are bred and trained for a wide range of purposes throughout human history.

Domesticated dogs are believed to have descended from wolves, which were first tamed by humans over 15,000 years ago. Today, there are over 300 different breeds of dogs recognized by kennel clubs around the world, ranging from tiny Chihuahuas to massive Great Danes. Each breed has its own unique characteristics, temperament, and physical features.

Dogs have been trained and used for various purposes throughout human history. They have served as hunting companions, protectors, and even as military and police dogs. Today, dogs are also used as therapy animals, guide dogs for the blind, and as search and rescue dogs.

One of the most beloved aspects of dogs is their ability to form strong bonds with their human companions. They are known for their unconditional love.

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Here are 87 quotes about dogs that will blow your mind away!

1. “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Roger Caras
2. “The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be.” – Konrad Lorenz
3. “Dogs are our link to paradise.” – Milan Kundera
4. “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” – Josh Billings
5. “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Bettina Eddie
6. “The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” – Charles de Gaulle
7. “The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” – M.K. Clinton
8. “Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles M. Schulz
9. “A dog will teach you, unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” – Robert Wagner
10. “Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.” – Orhan Pamuk
11. “The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you trust which is total. You must not betray it.” – Michel Houellebecq
12. “A dog is the only thing that can mend a crack in your broken heart.” – Judy Desmond
13. “My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.” – Unknown
14. “Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had.” – Thom Jones
15. “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
16. “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Molly Dog
17. “Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog. It merely expands the heart.” – Erica Jong
18. “The only thing better than a dog is a happy dog.” – Unknown
19. “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Victoria Shaffer
20. “Dogs are the best example of unconditional love. They accept you for who you are, flaws and all, and love you just the same.” – Unknown
21. “Dogs are miracles with paws.” – Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy
22. “A dog is the only creature on earth who loves you more than he loves himself.” – Josh Billings
23. “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
24. “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Teresa J. Rhyne
25. “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.” – Mark Twain
26. “Dogs are the only animals that love their owners more than they love themselves.” – Unknown
27. “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Roger Caras
28. “Dogs are the best friends we could ever ask for. They never judge us, they never criticize us, and they never hold grudges against us.” – Unknown
29. “No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you feel rich.” – Louis Sabin
30. “Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well.”  – Bonnie Wilcox
31. “In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.”  – Edward Hoagland
32. “The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.”—Charles De Gaulle
33. “Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend.”—Corey Ford
34. “The great 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
35. “A well trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it.”  – Helen Thomson
36. “I think dogs are the most amazing creatures. The give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.”  – Gilda Radner
37. “You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.” – Harry Truman
38. “Dogs come into out lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog. It merely expands the heart.” – Author Unknown
39. “Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes.” – Gene Hill
40. “I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not better for it.”  – Abraham Lincoln
41. “Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”  – Marilyn Monroe
42. “What do dogs do on their day off? Can’t lie around – that’s their job!”  – George Carlin
43. “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”  – Andy Rooney
44. “I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that dogs think humans are nuts.”  – John Steinbeck
45. “The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not mans.”  – Mark Twain
46. “If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.” – Fran Lebowitz
47. “I’m a lot less cranky when it’s just me and my dog.” – Bob Peterson
48. “If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.”  – Albert Einstein
49. “Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong.” – W.R. Purche
50. “My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.” – Anne Lamott
51. “The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.”  – Lord Byron
52. “When an 85 pound mammal licks your tears away, and then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad.” – Kristan Higgins
53. “I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs.”  – Barbara Woodhouse
54. “It’s tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won’t drink from my glass.” – Rodney Dangerfield
55. “There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.”  – Konrad Lorenz
56. “You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.” – Robert Louis
57. “In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.” – Edward Hoagland
58. “I once decided not to date a guy because he wasn’t excited to meet my dog. I mean, this was like not wanting to meet my mother.” – Bonnie Schacter
59. “The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.” – Henry Ward
60. “Happiness is a warm puppy.”  – Charles Schulz
61. “My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.” – Michael Sheen
62. “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
63. “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. It is the principal difference between a dog and a man.” – Mark Twain
64. “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
65. “The dog has got more fun out of man than man has got out of the dog, for man is the more laughable of the two animals.” – James Thurber
66. “There’s just something about dogs that makes you feel good. You come home, they’re thrilled to see you. They’re good for the ego.” – Janet Schnellman
67. “Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.”—Roger Caras
68. “A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.”—Orlando Aloysius Battista
69. “Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.”—Orhan Pamuk
70. “Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.”—Max Eastman
71. “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”—Groucho Marx
72. ” If you think dogs can’t count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them.”—Phil Pastoret
73. “A dog desires affection more than its dinner. Well—almost.”—Charlotte Gray
74. “People teach their dog to sit; it’s a trick. I’ve been sitting my whole life, and a dog has never looked at me as though he thought I was tricky.”—Mitch Hedberg
75. “A well-trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it.”—Helen Thomson
76. “The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother—and they will settle for a puppy every time.”—Winston Pendelton
77. Dogs are great. Bad dogs, if you can really call them that, are perhaps the greatest of them all.”—John Grogan
78. “It’s tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won’t drink from my glass.”—Rodney Dangerfield
79. “Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot’s mixed ancestry had given him a dexterity of jaw that was truly awesome. He somersaulted happily around the floor, making faces like a rubber gargoyle in a washing machine.”—Terry Pratchett
80. “As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.”—Jean Ferris
81. “Everything I know I learned from dogs.”—Nora Roberts
82. “I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.” —Comedienne Gilda Radner
83. “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” —Actor Will Rogers
84. “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” —News commentator Andy Rooney
85. “Happiness is a warm puppy.” —Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz
86. “I think dogs are the most amazing creatures. They give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.” —Actress Gilda Radner
87. “Dogs are the best example of a being who doesn’t need to lie to protect someone’s pride.” —Ammiel Josiah Monterde

Conclusion

Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. “No matter how you’re feeling, a little dog gonna love you. They are man’s best friend and they make our lives happier!  It’s hard to resist a dog’s goofy charm. Their company keeps things interesting, keeps us laughing, and brings a lot of extra love into our lives. Check out this post by American Kennel Club for more.