Dog Rescue Quotes:

The perfect rescue dog is out there for everybody. You just have to find it.

- Josh Hopkins

topic: Dog, Perfect, Rescue, Dog Rescue

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

- Josh Billings

topic: Love, Friendship, Dog, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

- Roger Caras

topic: Life, Dog, Sorry, Man And Dog, Spaniels

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Wisdom, Peace, Kindness, Human Will, Inspirational Dog

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

- Immanuel Kant

source: "True animal instinct", www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2005.

topic: Heart, Men, Animal, Man And Dog, Inspirational Animal

As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me.

- Emmylou Harris

topic: Dog, Rewards, Priceless, Dog Rescue

No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.

- Louis Sabin

topic: Dog, Silly, Owning A Pet, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

...he will be our friend for always and always and always.

- Rudyard Kipling

topic: Animal, Wild Dogs, Cat Dog, Dog Rescue, Pet Dog

In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.

- George Graham Vest

source: "Best Speech; Faithful, Even in Death" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.

topic: Dog, Selfish, Ungrateful, Man And Dog, Dog Lover

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

topic: Dog, Animal, Feet, Inspirational Dog, Loving Dog

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

- George Eliot

source: George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.226, 谷月社

topic: Spiritual, Nature, True Friend, Inspirational Animal, Inspirational Dog

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.

- Gilda Radner

source: Gilda Radner (2015). “It's Always Something”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

topic: Dog, Unconditional Love, Thinking, Man And Dog, Bulldogs

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

- Immanuel Kant

source: Immanuel Kant (1963). “Lectures on ethics”

topic: Heart, Men, Animal, Kindness To Animals, Dealings

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

- Christopher Morley

topic: Dog, Silly, Appreciate, Spaniels, Specialness

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. Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.

- Agnes Repplier

topic: Dog, Heart, Animal, Man And Dog, Inspirational Animal

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

- Ann Landers

topic: Dog, Finding Yourself, Admiration, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

And I strongly believe people should rescue dogs, or, at the very least, listen to Bob Barker and have your pet spayed or neutered.

- Justin Chambers

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Dog, Believe, People, Dog Rescue

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

- Francis of Assisi

topic: Religious, Peace, Animal, Inspirational Animal, Kindness To Animals

Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

- Emily Dickinson

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Labrador Dogs, Stray Dogs

Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their 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

source: Roger A. Caras (1982). “A Celebration of Dogs”, Crown

topic: Faith, Dog, Animal, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

When the Man waked up he said, 'What is Wild Dog doing here?' And the Woman said, 'His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.'

- Rudyard Kipling

topic: Dog, Men, Names, Man And Dog, Wild Dogs

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Cat, Animal, Men, Inspirational Animal, Kindness To Animals

All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained in the dog.

- Franz Kafka

topic: Dog, Questions And Answers, Answers, Totality, Dog Memorial

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

topic: Inspiring, Dog, Silly, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.

- Dave Barry

topic: Dog, Car, Pet, Spaniels, Inspirational Dog

Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!

- Anne Tyler

source: Anne Tyler (1991). “Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels”, Outlet

topic: Funny, Dog, Mean, I Love My Dog, Long Haul

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Football, Marathon Runners

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

topic: Dog, Nature, Animal, I Love My Dog, Labrador Dogs

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

- John Steinbeck

topic: Dog, Eye, Thinking, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

- Aldous Huxley

topic: Dog, Animal, Men, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

- Robert Benchley

source: Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited

topic: Dog, Perseverance, Lying, Man And Dog, I Love My Dog

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

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Letting Go, Dog, Stress, Bulldogs, Inspirational Dog

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

- Josh Billings

topic: Inspirational, Dog, Money, Man And Dog, Wag The Dog

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

- Will Rogers

topic: Cute, Dog, Sorry, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Friendship, Dog, Money, Making Friends, Cute Friendship

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

- Robert A. Heinlein

topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Kitties, Inspirational Cat

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

- Mark Twain

topic: Cute, Religious, Dog, Man And Dog, Inspirational Animal

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

source: Edward Hoagland (1976). “Red Wolves and Black Bears”, Random House Incorporated

topic: Dog, Nature, Silly, Old Shoes, Dog Lover

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

source: Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov (卡拉馬助夫兄弟們)”, p.906, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

topic: Animal, Vegetarianism, Joy, Dog Rescue, Saving Animals

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

source: Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

topic: Dog, Humorous, Personality, Making A Fool Of Yourself, Man And Dog

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

- Andy Rooney

topic: Inspirational, Dog, Silly, Niceness, I Love My Dog

Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.

- Sigmund Freud

topic: Cute, Dog, Hate, Love And Hate, Man And Dog

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

- Milan Kundera

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Jealousy, Dog, Evil, I Love My Dog, Labrador Dogs

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

- Jerome K. Jerome

source: Jerome K. Jerome (2016). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”, p.68, Jerome K. Jerome

topic: Funny, Dog, Silly, Labrador Dogs, Dog Lover

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

topic: Inspirational, Life, Basketball, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.

- Rita Rudner

topic: Dog, Religious, Thinking, Spaniels, Inspirational Dog

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

topic: Dog, Animal, Thinking, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Whoever said you can't buy Happiness forgot little puppies.

- Gene Hill

source: Gene Hill (2013). “A Hunter's Fireside Book: Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds, & Guns”, p.62, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

topic: Dog, Nature, Silly, Bulldogs, Spaniels

Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man, without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the memory of Botswain, a dog.

- Lord Byron

source: George Gordon Byron, “Epitaph To A Dog”

topic: Dog, Memories, Men, Insolence, Old Dog