John Grogan Quotes

A dog doesn't care if you are rich or poor, educated of illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his. It was really quite simple, and yet we humans, so much wiser and more sophisticated, have always had trouble figuring out what really counts and what does not.

A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

I guess I have friends around me but when you're paying them can they ever really be true friends?

I like a guy who makes me laugh, doesn't care about the fame, the show, he just likes me for me, he likes Nicole.

For nobody else, gave me thrill-with all your faults, I love you still. It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you.

Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.

I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.

The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.

A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.

I accept you as you are, and I will always hold you close in my heart. I will walk beside you forever. (Fang)

I am I because my little dog knows me.

With dogs, you don't need gurus. Dogs are forever in the moment. They are always a tidal wave of feelings, and every feeling is some variant of love.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another.

Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.

Yeah, I’ll always be your friend. No matter what you love.

The dog has no ambition, no self-interest, no desire for vengeance, no fear other than that of displeasing.

Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

Mark what a generosity and courage (a dog) will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God

That's what makes best friends. It's not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you feel about each other in your hearts.

Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.

Love simply is. [...] Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.