Winnie the Pooh Quotes

Also affectionately known as Pooh or Pooh Bear, he's probably the most famous bear in the world known to millions around the world.

Pooh is created by A.A Milne and named after a toy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne. Pooh's friends which include other popular characters such as Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Roo were also based on Christopher's stuffed animals.

Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England is the setting of the Winnie the Pooh stories and it's place that the Milnes called home. Original versions of Winnie the Pooh stories were brought into beautiful illustrations by E.H. Shepard.

Besides being a very lovable bear adored by children, Winnie the Pooh's clear-eyed wisdom also win the hearts of adults.

Even decades after his first appearance, the Pooh Bear continues to steal the hearts of young and old alike.

Enjoy these Winnie the Pooh quotes and be enthralled by the magic of the Pooh Bear!

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne

Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.
-- Piglet, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
-- Winnie the Pooh

"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."
-- Winnie the Pooh

I used to believe in forever . . . but forever was too good to be true.
-- Winnie the Pooh

If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together.. there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart.. I’ll always be with you.
-- Winnie the Pooh

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.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

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

If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.
-- Winnie the Pooh, Disney Pictures

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

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.
-- Roo, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
-- Winnie the Pooh

People who don't Think probably don't have Brains; rather, they have grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is go where they can find you.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.
-- Winnie the Pooh

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

Some people care too much, I think it's called love.
-- Winnie the Pooh

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.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

The hardest part is what to leave behind, ... It's time to let go!
-- Winnie the Pooh

They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.
-- Eeyore, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best -- " and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.
-- Winnie the Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner

When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

When looking at your two paws, as soon as you have decided which of them is the right one, then you can be sure the other one is the left.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.
-- Winnie the Pooh, The House at Pooh Corne

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
-- Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

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