No Greater Love Hath Any Man...than That of a Dog: Quotes In Praise of Dogs
Posted: Monday, March 14, 2011
by Joel Hendon
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The title is not intended to be sacrilegious in the least. It is just that the bible tells us of the need for unpretentious love. And it is rare that you find it. Dogs have it naturally. Many is the time they have willfully given their lives in an effort to save others. And so many of them are unappreciated by mankind. Most folks who know me know how deeply I love dogs and they send me quotes. Lots of quotes. So, I’ve listed below some of those which I have received. Enjoy.
1. When please doesn't work ... Beg !
2. Wipe your paws
3. Beware of the attack puppy
4. A spoiled rotten dog lives here
Quotes I have received with no source given with them
1. "In a perfect world, every dog would have a home and every home would have a dog."
2. "Maybe you've been looking for love in all the wrong places. A dog will treat you better than anyone you'll meet at happy hour. Trust me. I've been to happy hour."
3. " ... work can wait another 30 minutes. There are more important things to do. Like throwing sticks."
4. "A dog will quickly turn you into a fool, but who cares? Better your dog than your boss. I'm a fool for my dog and proud of it."
5. "Dogs are better than children. Even my friends with children say that. As a dog friend of mine likes to say, children are for people who can't have dogs."
Quotes with sources listed
Golden Labrador Retriever--Wikipidea photo1. "He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being; by the way he rests against my leg; by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him. (I think it makes him sick with worry when he is not along to care for me.) When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am happy, he is joy unbounded. When I am a fool, he ignores it. When I succeed, he brags. Without him, I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful. He is loyalty itself. He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant. His head on my knee can heal my human hurts. His presence by my side is protection against my fears of dark and unknown things. He has promised to wait for me... whenever... wherever - in case I need him. And I expect I will - as I always have. He is just my dog." (Gene Hill)
2. "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 'Old Dogs, Old Friends'
3. "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, Founder of the Single Pet Owner's Society Singles Group)
4. "Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace." (Milan Kundera)
5. "I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world." (Samuel Johnson)
6. "Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on." (Colette)
7. "I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. (George Bird Evans)
8. “Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland."(Josh Billings)
9. "Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane." (Smiley Blanton)
10. "What kind of life a dog...acquires. I have sometimes tried to imagine by kneeling or lying full length on the ground and looking up. The world then becomes strangely incomplete; one sees little but legs." (E V Lucas)
11. "You may have a dog that won't sit up, roll over or even cook breakfast, not because she's too stupid to learn how but because she's too smart to bother." (Rick Horowitz, Chicago Tribune)
12. "My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpets or ruin our lives." (Rita Rudner)
13. "By what right has the dog come to be regarded as a "noble" animal? The more brutal and cruel and unjust you are to him the more your fawning and adoring slave he becomes; whereas, if you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward- you will never get her full confidence again." (Mark Twain)
14. "I named my dog 'Stay'... so I can say 'Come here, Stay. Come here, Stay.'“ (Steven Wright)
15" Any member introducing a dog into the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat." (Rule 46, Oxford Union Society, London)
16. "Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end." (Max Eastman)
17. "How's it going Mr. Peterson?" "It's a dog eat dog world, Woody, and I'm wearing milk bone underwear." (Woody & Norm from Cheers)
18. "The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man." (Robertson Davies, Canadian author)
19. "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich."
(Louis Sabin)
20. "Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of there 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 Caras)
21. "When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." (Edward Abbey)
22. "No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does." (Christopher Morley)
23. "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." (Unknown)
24. "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man." (Mark Twain)
25. "I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it." (Abraham Lincoln)
26. “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, Notebooks, 1912)
27. “From the dog's point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.” (Mabel Louise Robinson)
28. “The dog is the only animal that has seen his god.” (Author Unknown)
29. “Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.” (Agnes Sligh Turnbull)
30. “I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying“. (George Bird Evans)
31. “One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why“. (Author Unknown)
32. “Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.” (Franklin P. Jones)
33. “I talk to him when I'm lonesome like; and I'm sure he understands. When he looks at me so attentively, and gently licks my hands; then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but I never say naught thereat. For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that.” (W. Dayton Wedgefarth)
34. “A dog is not "almost human" and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.” And I agree-JHH (John Holmes)
35. “An old dog, even more than an old spouse, always feels like doing what you feel like doing.” (Robert Brault)
I know that I am a better person, for having known so many good dogs.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)These are fabulous!! Thanks for the smile :-) Blessings to you!
Thank you for reading and the kind comment, Teresa. I hope you and yours are doing well. Did I not read somewhere that you had moved back to California?
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