54 Best Dog Quotes that Express Their Love and Loyalty

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”

“You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us.”

“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”

“In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.”

“Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dog.”

“No animal I know of can consistently be more of a friend and companion than a dog.”

“Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift.”

“A dog wags its tail with its heart.”

“The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is, in fact, the most precious and valuable possession of mankind.”

“Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?”

"The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's."

"I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon."

"All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog."

"Over the years I have felt the truest, purest love—the love of God, really, I imagine that's what God's love feels like—is the love that comes from your dog."

"If you don't own a dog, at least one, there may not necessarily be anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life."

"Every dog must have his day."

"Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day."

"You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him."

"What do dogs do on their day off? Can't lie around—that's their job."

"If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."