Winnie The Pooh Quotes: Best Pooh Bear Quotes About Love, Friendship And Life
You're in the right place for winnie The Pooh Quotes. There are 14 ready-to-copy lines on this page, grouped into real quotes from a.a. milne's pooh books, popular quotes that aren't from the books and original pooh-style messages for cards, plus more below - pick one, change a detail so it sounds like you, and you're done.
Winnie the Pooh quotes are loved for cards, nursery prints and baby showers. A.A. Milne's original books (1926 and 1928) are full of gentle wisdom — but many quotes shared online were never in the books. Here are real lines from the books, popular quotes and where they actually come from, plus original Pooh-style messages.
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Real quotes from A.A. Milne's Pooh books
- "Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude."
- "You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes." (Pooh)
- "A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference." (Eeyore)
- "When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open." (Pooh)
Popular quotes that aren't from the books
- "You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." — from Disney's 1997 film Pooh's Grand Adventure, not Milne.
- "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." — widely shared, but not in Milne's books.
- "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart." — popular online, but not in the original books.
Original Pooh-style messages for cards
- Happy birthday to someone as sweet as a pot of honey.
- Life is better with a friend in the Hundred Acre Wood — thank you for being mine.
- Welcome, little one. The whole wood is so happy you're here.
- However small, you hold a very big place in our hearts.
Short lines for nursery prints
- A little bear of very big love.
- Oh bother, it's bedtime.
- Hello, little honey.
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How to write it so it lands
- Baby shower and new-baby cards suit gentle Pooh lines.
- Friendship quotes suit best-friend birthdays.
- Check where a quote comes from before printing it.
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Frequently asked questions
Did Winnie the Pooh say 'You're braver than you believe'?
Christopher Robin says it in Disney's 1997 film Pooh's Grand Adventure; it isn't in A.A. Milne's books.
What is the most famous Winnie the Pooh quote?
Online, it's "You're braver than you believe...", from the Disney film; from the books, Piglet's "Very Small Heart" line is a favourite.
Can I use Winnie the Pooh quotes on cards?
For anything sold, use original messages and avoid Disney's Pooh artwork, which is still trademarked.
What is a good example of winnie The Pooh Quotes?
""Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude."" is one of 14 examples on this page. Pick the one closest to the tone you want, then add a specific detail of your own - a shared memory, a date, a name - so it reads as yours rather than copied.