--- title: "10 May Quotes By Dr. Seuss" description: "10 May quotes by Dr. Seuss. Plus more from Dr. Seuss and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c6/dr-seuss-1224_arms_onward-up-many-a-frightening-creek-thoug_1076650.png" --- > [Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you'll go!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/onward-up-many-a-frightening-creek-though-your-arms-may-get-sore-and/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c6/dr-seuss-1224_arms_onward-up-many-a-frightening-creek-thoug_1076650.png) > [Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/try-them-try-them-and-you-may-try-them-and-you-may-i-say/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/dr-seuss-1224_may_try-them-try-them-and-you-may-try-them-a_1093319.png) > [Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/even-though-we-may-all-become-extinct-we-can-still-leave-our/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/dr-seuss-1224_extinct_even-though-we-may-all-become-extinct-we_23578.png) > [Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/things-may-happen-and-often-do-to-people-as-brainy-and-footsy-as-you/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/dr-seuss-1224_brainy_things-may-happen-and-often-do-to-people_54047.png) > [The news just came in from the County of Keck That a very small bug by the name of Van Vleck Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/the-news-just-came-in-from-the-county-of-keck-that-a-very-small-bug/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/dr-seuss-1224_bother_the-news-just-came-in-from-the-county-of_2801945.png) > [A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. To the world, you may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/a-life-with-love-will-have-some-thorns-but-a-life-without-love-will-2/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/dr-seuss-1224_flower_a-life-with-love-will-have-some-thorns-b_2873828.png) > [I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/i-know-it-may-seem-small-and-insignificant-but-it-s-not-about-what-it/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/dr-seuss-1224_boys_i-know-it-may-seem-small-and-insignifica_3026528.png) > [The words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips and back flips and your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/the-words-in-this-book-are-all-phooey-when-you-say-them-your-lips/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/dr-seuss-1224_book_the-words-in-this-book-are-all-phooey-wh_404016.png) > [Catch! calls the Once-ler. He lets something fall. It's a Truffula Seed. It's the last one of all! You're in charge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/catch-calls-the-once-ler-he-lets-something-fall-it-s-a-truffula-seed/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/dr-seuss-1224_air_catch-calls-the-once-ler-he-lets-somethi_3213403.png) > [My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/my-uncle-ordered-popovers-from-the-restaurant-s-bill-of-fare-and-when/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/dr-seuss-1224_advice_my-uncle-ordered-popovers-from-the-resta_1231340.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## More by Dr. Seuss > [ \[A\]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/a-s-you-partake-of-the-world-s-bill-of-fare-that-s-darned-good-advice/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [And this mess is so big And so deep and so tall, We cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/and-this-mess-is-so-big-and-so-deep-and-so-tall-we-cannot-pick-it-up/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/even-though-we-may-all-become-extinct-we-can-still-leave-our/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It s the letter I use to spell yuzz a ma tuzz. You ll be sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/my-alphabet-starts-with-this-letter-called-yuzz-it-s-the-letter-i-use/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/things-may-happen-and-often-do-to-people-as-brainy-and-footsy-as-you/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/if-i-were-invited-to-a-dinner-party-with-my-characters-i-wouldn-t/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [And what would you do if you met a jibboo?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/and-what-would-you-do-if-you-met-a-jibboo/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [Being crazy isn't enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/being-crazy-isn-t-enough/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/remember-me-and-smile-for-it-s-better-to-forget-than-to-remember-me/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/fame-you-ll-be-famous-as-famous-as-can-be-with-everyone-watching-you/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/did-you-ever-fly-a-kite-in-bed-did-you-ever-walk-with-ten-cats-on/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/with-your-head-full-of-brains-and-your-shoes-full-of-feet-you-re-too/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/through-three-cheese-trees-three-free-fleas-flew-while-these-fleas/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/oh-the-places-you-ll-go-there-is-fun-to-be-done-there-are-points-to/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) > [Oh, the thinks you can think!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/oh-the-thinks-you-can-think/) [Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/dr-seuss/#itemlist", "name": "10 May Quotes By Dr. Seuss", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! 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