Top 91 A. A. Milne Quotes on Love & Friendship (LIFE)

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Top 10 Most Famous A. A. Milne Quotes (BEST)

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever. — If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost. — I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.

Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.

Promise me you'll always remember You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. — Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re **braver** than you **believe**, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. — How **lucky** I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

They're funny things, accidents. You never have them till you're having them. — They’re funny things, accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.

A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things. — Whatever **fortune** brings, don’t be afraid of doing things.

5 Inspirational A. A. Milne Quotes

The things that make me different are the things that make me.

Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.

Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude. — Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold a rather large amount of **gratitude**.

18 Thought-Provoking A. A. Milne Quotes

“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.”
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One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.

I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true. — I used to believe in forever, but forever’s too good to be true.

“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
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Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name. — If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an **effort** to deserve the name.

“In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.”
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You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

A writer wants something more than money for his work he wants permanence. — A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.

“The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen.”
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Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo. — Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much **kindness** as Roo.

Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die, still you wait and will not try. A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly. — **Time** is swift, it races by; **Opportunities** are born and die, still you wait and will not try. A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before.

Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.

If you were a bird and lived on high, You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by, You'd say to the wind when it took you away That's where I wanted to go today! — If you were a bird and lived on high, You’d lean on the wind when the wind came by, You’d say to the wind when it took you away: That’s where I wanted to go today!

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience well, that comes from poor judgment. — Good judgment comes from **experience**, and experience well, that comes from poor judgment.

And I'd say to myself as I looked so lazily down at the sea There's nobody else in the world, and the world was made for me. — And I’d say to myself as I looked so lazily down at the sea: There’s nobody else in the world, and the world was made for me.

War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there. — War is something of man’s own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.

10 Touching A. A. Milne Quotes About Life

You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. — You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

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. — 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.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. — Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.

Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem. — Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.

Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.

'Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.'. — ‘Sometimes,’ said Pooh, ‘the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.’.

A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference. — A little **consideration**, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.

It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.

It is hard to be brave, when you're only a very small animal. — It is hard to be brave, when you’re only a very small animal.

The hardest part is what to leave behind. It's time to let go! — The hardest part is what to leave behind. It’s time to let go!

2 A. A. Milne Quotes About Adventure

I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen. — I knew when I met you an **adventure** was going to happen.

When you see someone putting on his big boots, you can be pretty sure that an adventure is going to happen.

4 A. A. Milne Quotes on Friendship

Friendship, said Christopher Robin, is a very comforting thing to have. — **Friendship**, said Christopher Robin, is a very comforting thing to have.

When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way. — When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don’t stop and eat it along the way.

We'll be friends until forever, just you wait and see. — We’ll be friends until forever, just you wait and see.

Good friends will help you until you’re unstuck.

2 A. A. Milne Quotes About Love

Some people care too much. I think it’s called love. — Some people care too much. I think it’s called **love**.

Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more to give way to the happiness of the person you love. — Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more to give way to the **happiness** of the person you love.

2 A. A. Milne Quotes on Children’s Books

“Is ‘The Wind in the Willows’ a children’s book? Is ‘Alice in Wonderland?’ Is ‘Treasure Island?’ These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up.”
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I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch' as I have always wanted to escape. In vain. — I gave up **writing** children’s books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from ‘Punch’: as I have always wanted to escape. In vain.

3 A. A. Milne Quotes on Being an Author

No sensible author wants anything but praise.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being. — Almost anyone can be an author; the **business** is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

The truth is that a layman will never take an author quite seriously. He regards authorship not as a profession, but as something between an inspiration and a hobby. — The **truth** is that a layman will never take an author quite seriously. He regards authorship not as a profession, but as something between an inspiration and a **hobby**.

2 A. A. Milne Quotes on Chess

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts. — Chess has this in common with making **poetry**; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said 'Mate!' in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious. — It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said ‘Mate!’ in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.

2 A. A. Milne Quotes on Diaries

I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays - that nothing ever happens to anybody. — I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays – that nothing ever happens to anybody.

But with a notebook in the pocket you are safe; no thought is too fleeting to escape you.

11 Funny A. A. Milne Quotes

“You can’t help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.”
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It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like What about lunch. — It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”.

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. — 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.

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

Something feels funny. I must be thinking too hard.

Some have brains, and some haven't, and there it is. — Some have brains, and some haven’t, and there it is.

Let's begin by taking a smallish nap or two. — Let’s begin by taking a smallish nap or two.

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise. — A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without **exercise**.

If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.

20 A. A. Milne Quotes That Will Make You Think

“The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief – call it what you will – than any book ever written. It has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor-bicycle and golf course.”
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad. — **Golf** is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

“I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.”
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. — My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.

“A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain.”
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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks. — To the **uneducated**, an A is just three sticks.

Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.

“Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.”
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