Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Arnold Lobel

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Arnold Lobel.

Last updated on December 19, 2024.

Arnold Stark Lobel was an American author of children's books, including the Frog and Toad series and Mouse Soup. He wrote and illustrated these picture books as well as Fables, a 1981 Caldecott Medal winner for best-illustrated U.S. picture book. Lobel also illustrated books by other writers, including Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley published in 1969.

American - Author | May 22, 1933 - December 4, 1987

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Winter is beautiful, but bed is better.

Arnold Lobel

Come back and wake me up.....half past May! (the Toad)

Arnold Lobel

You can keep your willpower, Frog. I am going home to bake a cake.

Arnold Lobel

Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.

Arnold Lobel

Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery.

Arnold Lobel

I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.

Arnold Lobel

Satisfaction will come to those who please themselves.

Arnold Lobel

Frog said, 'I wrote 'Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.' 'Oh,' said Toad, 'that makes a very good letter.'Then Frog and Toad went out onto the front porch to wait for the mail. They sat there, feeling happy together.

Arnold Lobel

All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.

Arnold Lobel

Advice from friends is like the weather. Some of it is good; some of it is bad.

Arnold Lobel

Knowledge will not always take the place of simple observation.

Arnold Lobel

Wishes on their way to coming true will not be rushed.

Arnold Lobel

The whole world is covered with buttons, and not one of them is mine!

Arnold Lobel