12 Inspirational Quotes Every Dog Lover Should Know

Dog lovers know something that no one else does: there's no purer form of love than the kind you get from your four-legged family.

"Happiness is a warm puppy." ― Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." ― Roger A. Caras, writer and preservationist

"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace." ― Milan Kundera, author

"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." ― Josh Billings, humorist

"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, author

"Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ― Mark Twain

"Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell." ― Emily Dickinson

"I believe in integrity. Dogs have it. Humans are sometimes lacking it." ― Cesar Millan, dog trainer

"Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen." ― Orhan Pamuk, novelist

"I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh." - Oprah Winfrey

"The greatest 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, author

"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive." ― Gilda Radner, comedian