posted January 21, 2013 05:10 PM            

"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." ~ Martin Buber

"Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" ~ Theophile Gautier

"Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to." ~ Joe Gores

"I think I could turn and live with animals, they are
so placid and self-contained,
I stand and look at them long and long." ~ Walt Whitman

"To err is human, to forgive, canine" ~ Anonymous

"The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals" ~ Anonymous

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France

"All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it." ~ Samuel Butler

"Every boy should have two things: a dog, and a mother willing to let him have one" ~ Anonymous

"A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue." ~ Anonymous

"The dog represents all that is best in man." ~ Etienne Charlet

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." ~ Andrew A. Rooney

"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later." ~ Mary Bly

"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." ~ George Elliot

"The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too." ~ Samuel Butler

"I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it."
~ Abraham Lincoln

"...he will be our friend for always and always and always." ~ Rudyard Kipling