Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Profoundly inspirational A. A. Milne quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Famous A. A. Milne Quotes
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being. A. A. Milne
You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. A.A. Milne
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like What about lunch? A. A. Milne
The things that make me different are the things that make me. A. A. Milne
Some people care too much. I think it’s called love. A.A. Milne
To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks. A. A. Milne
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. A.A. Milne
Whatever fortune brings, don’t be afraid of doing things. A. A. Milne
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like What about lunch? A. A. Milne
To seem natural rather than to be natural. A. A. Milne
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them. A.A. Milne
But it isn’t easy, said Pooh. Because Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you. A. A. Milne
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. A.A. Milne
Pay attention to where you are going because, without meaning, you might get nowhere. A. A. Milne
I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen. A.A. Milne
This writing business. Pencils and what not. Over rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it. A. A. Milne
Sometimes, said Pooh, the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. A.A. Milne
Friendship is a very comforting thing to have. A. A. Milne
Rivers know this there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. 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. A. A. Milne
Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave. A.A. Milne
Some people talk to animals. Not many listen, though. That’s the problem. A. A. Milne
One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries. A.A. Milne
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. A. A. Milne
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. A.A. Milne
One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries. A. A. Milne
I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost. A.A. Milne
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them. A. A. Milne
I used to believe in forever, but forever’s too good to be true. A.A. Milne
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. A. A. Milne
Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem. A.A. Milne
Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad. A. A. Milne
The things that make me different are the things that make me. A. A. Milne
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. A. A. Milne
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. A.A. Milne
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. A. A. Milne
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? A.A. Milne
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 counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course. A. A. Milne
It’s today, squeaked Piglet. My favorite day, said Pooh. A. A. Milne
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. A.A. Milne
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. 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. A. A. Milne
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? A. A. Milne
When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen. A.A. Milne
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. 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. A.A. Milne
Forever isn’t long at all, Christopher, as long as I’m with you. 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. A.A. Milne
Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts. A. A. Milne
When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you 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. A.A. Milne
A writer wants something more than money for his work he wants permanence. A. A. Milne
Friendship, said Christopher Robin, is a very comforting thing to have. A.A. Milne
I used to believe in forever, but forever’s too good to be true. 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. A.A. Milne
I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays that nothing ever happens to anybody. A. A. Milne
A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise. A.A. Milne
War is something of man’s own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there. A. A. Milne
Think it over, think it under. A.A. Milne
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. A. A. Milne
What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. A.A. Milne
No sensible author wants anything but praise. A. A. Milne
I did know once, only I’ve sort of forgotten. A.A. Milne
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. A. A. Milne
Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere. A.A. Milne
I am sure of this that no one can write a book which children will like unless he writes it for himself first. A. A. Milne
The third rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. A second rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. A first rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. A.A. Milne
Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I’d never leave. A. A. Milne
How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. A.A. Milne
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. A. A. Milne
My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. A.A. Milne
Rivers know this there is no hurry. We shall get there someday. A. A. Milne
There must be somebody there, because somebody must have said Nobody. A.A. Milne
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up. A. A. Milne
We’ll be friends until forever, just you wait and see. A.A. Milne
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. Pooh! he whispered. Yes, Piglet? Nothing, said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. I just wanted to be sure of you. A. A. Milne
So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book. 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. A. A. Milne
It is hard to be brave, when you’re only a Very Small Animal. A.A. Milne
Whatever fortune brings, don’t be afraid of doing things. A. A. Milne
I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget. A.A. Milne
A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference. A. A. Milne
I might have known, said Eeyore. After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said Bother! The Social Round. Always something going on. A.A. Milne
The hardest part is what to leave behind. It’s time to let go! 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. A.A. Milne
Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it. A. A. Milne
But it isn’t easy, said Pooh. Because Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you. A.A. Milne
Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude. A. A. Milne
Lots of people talk to animals. Not very many listen though that’s the problem. A.A. Milne
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself. A. A. Milne
But Piglet is so small that he slips into a pocket, where it is very comfortable to feel him when you are not quite sure whether twice seven is twelve or twenty two. A.A. Milne
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. A. A. Milne
Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it? Supposing it didn’t, said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this. A.A. Milne
But with a notebook in the pocket you are safe; no thought is too fleeting to escape you. A. A. Milne
Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits. A.A. Milne
I am short, fat, and proud of that. A. A. Milne
The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, Why? and sometimes he thought, Wherefore? and sometimes he thought, Inasmuch as which? and sometimes he didn’t quite know what he was thinking about. A.A. Milne
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. A. A. Milne
No brain at all, some of them [people], only grey fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake, and they don’t Think. A.A. Milne
Some people care too much. I think it’s called love. A. A. Milne
Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up. A.A. Milne
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! A. A. Milne
Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day. A.A. Milne
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience well, that comes from poor judgment. A. A. Milne
Promise you won’t forget me, ever. Not even when I’m a hundred. A.A. Milne
But after all, what are birthdays? Here today and gone tomorrow. A. A. Milne
And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn’t stop. A.A. Milne
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. A. A. Milne
But, of course, it isn’t really Good bye, because the Forest will always be there and anybody who is Friendly with Bears can find it. A.A. Milne
A house with daffodils in it is a house lit up, whether or not the sun be shining outside. Daffodils in a green bowl and let it snow if it will. A. A. Milne
