55 Times Winnie-The-Pooh Is Spot On About Love, Life & Death

Winnie the Pooh and his friends (Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Piglet, Owl, etc.) have not only delighted generations of children and adults all over the world, the all-time classic also offers numerous valuable lessons on life, love and death. Check out the life lessons that the author A.A. Milne has to inspire us.

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Funny Quotes about Life

1. People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. Winnie the Pooh

2. Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon. Winnie the Pooh

3. Those who are clever, who have a Brain, never understand anything. Winnie the Pooh

4. 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. Winnie the Pooh

5. Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering. Winnie the Pooh Share on X

6. When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is to not let the bees know you’re coming. Winnie the Pooh

7. I don’t much mind if it rains or snows, ‘Cos I’ve got a lot of honey on my nice new nose! I don’t much care if it snows or thaws, ‘Cos I’ve got a lot of honey on my nice clean paws! Winnie the Pooh

8. The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey … And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it. Winnie the Pooh

9. Sometimes,’ said Pooh, ‘the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. Winnie the Pooh Share on X

Deep Wisdom about Life

10. Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there some day. Winnie the Pooh

11. Could be worse. Not sure how, but it could be. Eeyore

12. You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin

13. What’s wrong with knowing what you know now and not knowing what you don’t know until later? Winnie the Pooh

14. Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake. Winnie the Pooh

15. What I like best is just doing nothing. Christopher Robin Share on X

16. Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it. Winnie the Pooh

17. I always get to where I’m going by walking away from where I have been. Winnie the Pooh

18. Yesterday, when it was tomorrow, it was too exciting a day for me. Winnie the Pooh

19. When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen. Winnie the Pooh

20. The things that make me different are the things that make me, me. Piglet Share on X

21. If the string breaks, then we try another piece of string. Owl

22. It’s the best way to write poetry, letting things come. Winnie the Pooh

23. I have come to a very important decision. These are the wrong sort of bees. … So I should think they would make the wrong sort of honey

24. It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine. Winnie the Pooh

Best Quotes about Love and Relationship

25. Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them. Winnie the Pooh

26. Some people care too much. I think it’s called love. Winnie the Pooh

27. Piglet: “How do you spell ‘love’?“
Pooh: “You don’t spell it…you feel it.”

28. If people are upset because you’ve forgotten something, console them by letting them know you didn’t forget—you just weren’t remembering. Winnie the Pooh

29. A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” Eeyore

30. Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So, today is my new favorite day. Winnie the Pooh Share on X

31. It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, ‘What about lunch?’ Winnie the Pooh

32. You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. Winnie the Pooh

33. Love is taking a few steps backward maybe even more to give way to the happiness of the person you love.” Winnie the Pooh

34. 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. Winnie the Pooh Share on X

35. I’m never afraid with you. Winnie the Pooh

Short Quotes about Friendship

36. A hug is always the right size. Winnie the Pooh

37. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. Winnie the Pooh

38. Friendship is a very comforting thing to have. Christopher Robin

39. Piglet took Pooh’s arm, in case Pooh was frightened. Winnie the Pooh

40. After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Eeyore

41. It isn’t much good having anything exciting, if you can’t share it with somebody. Winnie the Pooh

42. A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside. Winnie the Pooh Share on X

Grief Lessons on Death and Farewell

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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. Winnie the Pooh

46. 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. Winnie the Pooh Share on X

47. 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. Winnie the Pooh

48. 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. Winnie the Pooh

49. We can’t all and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it. Winnie the Pooh

50. How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. Winnie the Pooh Share on X

51. You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Winnie the Pooh

52. Promise you won’t forget me ever? Christopher Robin

Quotes about Honey and Life

53. I would get to the Jar of Honey, and I should lick round the edges first of all, pretending that there wasn’t any more, you know, and then I should walk away and think about it a little, and then I should come back and start licking in the middle of the jar, and then—’ Winnie the Pooh
Honey was a much more trappy thing than Haycorns. Winnie the Pooh

54. He stood on a chair, and took down a very large jar of honey from the top shelf. It had HUNNY written on it, but, just to make sure, he took off the paper cover and looked at it, and it looked just like honey. ‘But you never can tell,’said Pooh. ‘I remember my uncle saying once that he had seen cheese just this colour.’ So he put his tongue in, and took a large lick. ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘it is. No doubt about that. And honey, I should say, right down to the bottom of the jar. Unless, of course,’ he said, ‘somebody put cheese in at the bottom just for a joke. Perhaps I had better go a little further … just in case … in case Heffalumps don’t like cheese … same as me … Ah!’ And he gave a deep sigh. ‘I was right. It is honey, right the way down.’ Winnie the Pooh

55. ‘This is Serious,’said Pooh. ‘I must have an Escape.’ So he took his largest pot of honey and escaped with it to a broad branch of his tree, well above the water, and then he climbed down again and escaped with another pot … and when the whole Escape was finished, there was Pooh sitting on his branch, dangling his legs, and there, beside him, were ten pots of honey. … Two days later, there was Pooh, sitting on his branch, dangling his legs, and there, beside him, were four pots of honey. Winnie the Pooh