--- title: "12 Inspirational dog Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Inspirational dog quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Inspirational dog sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/bernard-williams-15194_cute-dog_no-symphony-orchestra-ever-played-music_1168117.png" --- > [No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-williams/no-symphony-orchestra-ever-played-music-like-a-two-year-old-girl/) [Bernard Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/bernard-williams-15194_cute-dog_no-symphony-orchestra-ever-played-music_1168117.png) > [I am not your dog, but if every time you saw me, you gave me a backrub, I would run to greet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/i-am-not-your-dog-but-if-every-time-you-saw-me-you-gave-me-a-backrub/) [Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/robert-breault-304_dog_i-am-not-your-dog-but-if-every-time-you_1547178.png) > [A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-aloysius-battista/a-dog-is-one-of-the-remaining-reasons-why-some-people-can-be/) [Orlando Aloysius Battista](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orlando-aloysius-battista/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/orlando-aloysius-battista-2454_animal_a-dog-is-one-of-the-remaining-reasons-wh_1179706.png) > [Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophile-gautier/who-can-believe-that-there-is-no-soul-behind-those-luminous-eyes/) [Theophile Gautier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophile-gautier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/theophile-gautier-7224_animal_who-can-believe-that-there-is-no-soul-be_1507724.jpg) > [I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-am-convinced-that-basically-dogs-think-humans-are-nuts/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/john-steinbeck-71_amazed_i-am-convinced-that-basically-dogs-think_1280919.jpg) > [No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-sabin/no-matter-how-little-money-and-how-few-possesions-you-own-having-a/) [Louis Sabin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-sabin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/louis-sabin-45887_beagles_no-matter-how-little-money-and-how-few-p_2870962.jpg) > [Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/dogs-love-their-friends-and-bite-their-enemies-quite-unlike-people/) [Sigmund Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmund-freud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/sigmund-freud-360_bites_dogs-love-their-friends-and-bite-their-e_1111066.jpg) > [In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-graham-vest/in-this-selfish-world-the-one-that-never-deserts-him-the-one-that/) George Graham Vest [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/george-graham-vest-69529_animal_in-this-selfish-world-the-one-that-never_374674.jpg) > [A cat, after being scolded, goes about its business. A dog slinks off into a corner and pretends to be doing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/a-cat-after-being-scolded-goes-about-its-business-a-dog-slinks-off/) [Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/robert-breault-304_business_a-cat-after-being-scolded-goes-about-its_1600602.png) > [If there is a heaven, it's certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-brown/if-there-is-a-heaven-it-s-certain-our-animals-are-to-be-there-their/) [Pam Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/pam-brown-9219_animal_if-there-is-a-heaven-it-s-certain-our-an_613284.png) > [He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-repplier/he-is-your-friend-your-partner-your-defender-your-dog-you-are-his/) [Agnes Repplier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-repplier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/agnes-repplier-1850_admire_he-is-your-friend-your-partner-your-defe_143817.jpg) > [I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bird-evans/i-think-we-are-drawn-to-dogs-because-they-are-the-uninhibited-2/) George Bird Evans [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/george-bird-evans-72762_animal_i-think-we-are-drawn-to-dogs-because-the_2895886.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational-dog/#itemlist", "name": "Inspirational dog Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bernard Williams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-williams/no-symphony-orchestra-ever-played-music-like-a-two-year-old-girl/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/bernard-williams-15194_cute-dog_no-symphony-orchestra-ever-played-music_1168117.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/bernard-williams-15194_cute-dog_no-symphony-orchestra-ever-played-music_1168117.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/bernard-williams-15194_cute-dog_no-symphony-orchestra-ever-played-music_1168117.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.” — Bernard Williams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am not your dog, but if every time you saw me, you gave me a backrub, I would run to greet you, too.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Breault" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/i-am-not-your-dog-but-if-every-time-you-saw-me-you-gave-me-a-backrub/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/robert-breault-304_dog_i-am-not-your-dog-but-if-every-time-you_1547178.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/robert-breault-304_dog_i-am-not-your-dog-but-if-every-time-you_1547178.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/robert-breault-304_dog_i-am-not-your-dog-but-if-every-time-you_1547178.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am not your dog, but if every time you saw me, you gave me a backrub, I would run to greet you, too.” — Robert Breault", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Orlando Aloysius Battista" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-aloysius-battista/a-dog-is-one-of-the-remaining-reasons-why-some-people-can-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/orlando-aloysius-battista-2454_animal_a-dog-is-one-of-the-remaining-reasons-wh_1179706.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/orlando-aloysius-battista-2454_animal_a-dog-is-one-of-the-remaining-reasons-wh_1179706.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/orlando-aloysius-battista-2454_animal_a-dog-is-one-of-the-remaining-reasons-wh_1179706.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.” — Orlando Aloysius Battista", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Theophile Gautier" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophile-gautier/who-can-believe-that-there-is-no-soul-behind-those-luminous-eyes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/theophile-gautier-7224_animal_who-can-believe-that-there-is-no-soul-be_1507724.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/theophile-gautier-7224_animal_who-can-believe-that-there-is-no-soul-be_1507724.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/theophile-gautier-7224_animal_who-can-believe-that-there-is-no-soul-be_1507724.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!” — Theophile Gautier", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Steinbeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-am-convinced-that-basically-dogs-think-humans-are-nuts/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/john-steinbeck-71_amazed_i-am-convinced-that-basically-dogs-think_1280919.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/john-steinbeck-71_amazed_i-am-convinced-that-basically-dogs-think_1280919.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/john-steinbeck-71_amazed_i-am-convinced-that-basically-dogs-think_1280919.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.” — John Steinbeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louis Sabin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-sabin/no-matter-how-little-money-and-how-few-possesions-you-own-having-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/louis-sabin-45887_beagles_no-matter-how-little-money-and-how-few-p_2870962.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/louis-sabin-45887_beagles_no-matter-how-little-money-and-how-few-p_2870962.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/louis-sabin-45887_beagles_no-matter-how-little-money-and-how-few-p_2870962.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.” — Louis Sabin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sigmund Freud" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/dogs-love-their-friends-and-bite-their-enemies-quite-unlike-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/sigmund-freud-360_bites_dogs-love-their-friends-and-bite-their-e_1111066.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/sigmund-freud-360_bites_dogs-love-their-friends-and-bite-their-e_1111066.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/sigmund-freud-360_bites_dogs-love-their-friends-and-bite-their-e_1111066.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and…” — Sigmund Freud", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Graham Vest" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-graham-vest/in-this-selfish-world-the-one-that-never-deserts-him-the-one-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/george-graham-vest-69529_animal_in-this-selfish-world-the-one-that-never_374674.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/george-graham-vest-69529_animal_in-this-selfish-world-the-one-that-never_374674.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/george-graham-vest-69529_animal_in-this-selfish-world-the-one-that-never_374674.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous…” — George Graham Vest", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A cat, after being scolded, goes about its business. A dog slinks off into a corner and pretends to be doing a serious self-reappraisal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Breault" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/a-cat-after-being-scolded-goes-about-its-business-a-dog-slinks-off/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/robert-breault-304_business_a-cat-after-being-scolded-goes-about-its_1600602.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/robert-breault-304_business_a-cat-after-being-scolded-goes-about-its_1600602.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/robert-breault-304_business_a-cat-after-being-scolded-goes-about-its_1600602.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A cat, after being scolded, goes about its business. A dog slinks off into a corner and pretends to be doing…” — Robert Breault", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there is a heaven, it's certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pam Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-brown/if-there-is-a-heaven-it-s-certain-our-animals-are-to-be-there-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/pam-brown-9219_animal_if-there-is-a-heaven-it-s-certain-our-an_613284.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/pam-brown-9219_animal_if-there-is-a-heaven-it-s-certain-our-an_613284.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/pam-brown-9219_animal_if-there-is-a-heaven-it-s-certain-our-an_613284.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If there is a heaven, it's certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our…” — Pam Brown", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Agnes Repplier" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-repplier/he-is-your-friend-your-partner-your-defender-your-dog-you-are-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/agnes-repplier-1850_admire_he-is-your-friend-your-partner-your-defe_143817.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/agnes-repplier-1850_admire_he-is-your-friend-your-partner-your-defe_143817.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/agnes-repplier-1850_admire_he-is-your-friend-your-partner-your-defe_143817.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be…” — Agnes Repplier", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Bird Evans" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bird-evans/i-think-we-are-drawn-to-dogs-because-they-are-the-uninhibited-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/george-bird-evans-72762_animal_i-think-we-are-drawn-to-dogs-because-the_2895886.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/george-bird-evans-72762_animal_i-think-we-are-drawn-to-dogs-because-the_2895886.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/george-bird-evans-72762_animal_i-think-we-are-drawn-to-dogs-because-the_2895886.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we…” — George Bird Evans", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational-dog/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational-dog/", "name": "Inspirational dog Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational-dog/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/bernard-williams-15194_cute-dog_no-symphony-orchestra-ever-played-music_1168117.png" }, "description": "Browse 12 Inspirational dog quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Inspirational dog sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational-dog/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational-dog/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Inspirational Dog Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational-dog/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```