Arnold Lobel Quotes

Wishes on their way to coming true will not be rushed.

Advice from friends is like the weather. Some of it is good; some of it is bad.

Come back and wake me up.....half past May! (the Toad)

All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.

Satisfaction will come to those who please themselves.

The whole world is covered with buttons, and not one of them is mine!

Frog said, 'I wrote 'Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.' 'Oh,' said Toad, 'that makes a very good letter.'Then Frog and Toad went out onto the front porch to wait for the mail. They sat there, feeling happy together.

Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.

Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery.

Winter is beautiful, but bed is better.

I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.

Knowledge will not always take the place of simple observation.

You can keep your willpower, Frog. I am going home to bake a cake.