Alan Alexander Milne is an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Here are some of the A. A. Milne Quotes and Sayings that will inspire you.
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.”
“Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”
“They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.”
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”
“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.”
“Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.”
“You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.”
“In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.”
“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.”
“It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it.”
“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
“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.”
“Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.”
“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”
“You can’t help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.”
“If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.”
“Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.”
“Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.”
“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
“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.”