"Quotes"
"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; Notebooks, 1912
"Never, never be afraid to do what's right,
especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's
punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we
look the other way." Martin Luther
King Jr.
“No other disease or condition of companion
animals takes as many lives as euthanasia. In fact, no other disease comes
close.” Janet M. Scarlett, DVM, MPH, PhD, Cornell University
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal DIFFERENCE between a dog and a MAN." Mark Twain
"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." Unknown
"What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose; all that we love deeply, becomes a part of us." Helen Keller
"The smallest feline is a masterpiece." Sir Isaac Newton
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men." St. Francis
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein
"Within the heart of every stray lies the singular desire to be loved." Unknown
"I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection from man from the cruelty of man." Mahatma Gandhi
"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Ghandi
"People who let their dogs and cats have litters in order to show their children the 'miracle of birth' should come witness the 'miracle of death' performed in the back rooms of animal shelters all over the country." Phyllis Wright
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." Anonymous
"After scolding one's cat, one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference." Charlotte Gray
"Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily go in one ear and out the other." Stephen Baker
"If a homeless cat could talk, it would probably say, 'Give me shelter, food, companionship and love, and I will be yours for life!'" Susan Easterly
"All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals" Peter Singer
"The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue." Anonymous
"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." Ben Williams
"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." Josh Billings
"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." Andy Rooney
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man." Mark Twain
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras