Pet Quotes
There’s nothing like the unconditional love of a pet. They show you affection, give you a sense of purpose, and stay faithful to you always through the good and bad days.
Pets have always been such an important part of life, and to help honor the love and joy they bring to us, I thought it would be a nice idea to put together and share this collection of great quotes about pets.
60 Amazing Pet Quotes And Sayings
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.” John Grogan
“Adopted pets are the best pets you can have. Most adoptable pets come from loving homes that simply cannot care for them anymore. Or they are strays who’ve been on their own without the loving care they deserve.” Josh Duhamel
“Pets reflect you like mirrors. When you are happy, you can see your dog smiling and when you are sad, your cat cries.” Munia Khan
“My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” Elayne Boosler
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” Winston Churchill
“If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.” Albert Einstein
“Cats have it all – admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.” Rod McKuen
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Anatole France
“There’s a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.”__Dick Dale
“You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.” Jane Pauley
“Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” Dean Koontz
“Pets bring vital energy to our homes and lives. Pets communicate many messages about love and connection. Care tenderly for all pets throughout their precious lives. The interspecies dance of love softens and expands the heart.” Laura Staley
“No one can truly understand the bond we form with the cats we love until they experience the loss of one.” Unknown
“The memories and paw print of a beloved cat remains in our heart and soul forever.” Unknown
“My idea of absolutely happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.” Anne Lamott
“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.” Alexander Pope
“Heaven will never be Paradise unless my cats are there waiting for me.” Unknown
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” Hippolyte Taine
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” Mark Twain
“Dogs don’t make judgments about physical appearance or abilities, and they don’t care how big your house is or what you do for a living. They care about the quality of your character and your capacity to love.” Elizabeth Eiler
“My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They’re loyal, kind and offer endless affection.”__Brendon Urie
“Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, and filling the emptiness we didn’t ever know we had.” Thom Jones
“Indeed, there is nothing on this earth more peaceful than a sleeping, purring cat.” Jonathon Scott Payne
“I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It’s not. Mine had me trained in two days.” Bill Dana
“Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job.” Franklin P. Jones
“I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs.” Barbara Woodhouse
“A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor.” Champfleury
“If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.” Mark Twain
“Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.” W. L. George
“Whoever said that diamonds are a girl’s best friend never owned a dog.” Unknown
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” Roger Caras
“You cannot share your life with a dog…or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.” Jane Goodall
“Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.”__James Cromwell
“Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.” Amy Sedaris
“They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.” Amy Hempel
“No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.” Kin Hubbard
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.” Ernest Hemingway
“Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.” Agnes Sligh Turnbull
“Whoever said you can’t buy happiness forgot little puppies.” Gene Hill
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”__Terry Pratchett
“After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation.” Robert McCammon
“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.” —Johnny Depp
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” Jean Cocteau
“Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.” Michael Morpurgo
“Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.”__George Eliot
“Pets understand humans better than humans do.” Ruchi Prabhu
“When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.” Sarah Paretsky
“When the cat you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” Unknown
“I’m a lot less cranky when it’s just me and my dog.” Bob Peterson
“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.” Abraham Lincoln
“Fall in love with a dog, and in many ways you enter a new orbit, a universe that features not just new colors but new rituals, new rules, a new way of experiencing attachment.” Caroline Knapp
“To my mind, the only possible pet is a cow. Cows love you… They will listen to your problems and never ask a thing in return. They will be your friends forever. And when you get tired of them, you can kill and eat them. Perfect.”
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson
“Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you’re never friendless ever if you have a dog.” Douglas Malloch
“I asked a kid, ‘What is love?’ He answered, ‘Love is when a puppy licks your face,’ I laughed before he added, ‘even when you left him alone all day.’” Unknown
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” Robert A. Heinlein
“My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.” Edith Wharton
“Be kind to all pets and animals because they will be kind back to you.” Wesley Porter
“I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.” Jules Verne
“Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans.” Robert Wagner
“I think having an animal in your life makes you a better human.”__Rachael Ray