Saturday, January 07, 2012

Paw People

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. ~ Martin Buber
We can judge the heart of a person by his treatment of animals. ~ Immanual Kant
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.  ~Roger Caras
Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.  ~Bradley Millar
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.  ~Colette
It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.  ~Henry David Thoreau
Lots of people talk to animals.  Not very many listen, though.  That's the problem.  ~Benjamin Hoff
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.  ~Anatole France
Animals love us with constant hearts.  They offer us pure joy, a place to love with simplicity and purity.  ~Julia Cameron
My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet.  ~Edith Wharton 
You think dogs will not be in heaven?  I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.  ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.  ~Joe Gores
A house is not a home without a pet.  ~Anonymous
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.  ~James Herriot
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.  ~Ben Williams
The dog was created especially for children.  He is the God of frolic.  ~Henry Ward Beecher
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.  ~Mahatma Gandhi
Every boy should have two things:  a dog, and a mother willing to let him have one.   ~Anonymous
A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue.    ~Anonymous
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.  ~Andy Rooney
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.  You are his life, his love, and 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

...he will be our friend for always and always and always.  ~Rudyard Kipling