Dogs have a special place in our hearts, and homes and they are often referred to as man’s best friend for a reason. They bring us joy, comfort, and unconditional love.

Dogs are our faithful companions and make us laugh with their silly antics. If you’re a dog lover or owner, then you know how much they mean to you.

They are the chubby bundle of joy that we love to bring home, cuddle with, and celebrate their unique personalities. Dogs bring a level of joy and adventure to our lives that we would be incredibly lost without.

In this blog post, we’ve gathered 100+ inspiring, heartwarming, and humorous dog quotes to celebrate these amazing creatures. Whether you’re looking for a quote to share with a fellow dog lover, a dog Instagram caption or just want to enjoy a few moments of canine inspiration, this post is for you.

Here are 100+ dog quotes for dog lovers and pet owners that encapsulate the devotion and unwavering comradery they inspire in us all.

100+ Heart Warming Dog Quotes, Sayings & Captions

  1. Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. – Groucho Marx
  2. My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty. – Elayne Boosler
  3. No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. – Christopher Morley
  4. The dog is God-spelled backward. – Duane Chapman
  5. Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job. – Franklin P. Jones
  6. A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. – Robert Benchley
  7. When a man’s best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. – Edward Abbey
  8. Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach. – Moby
  9. Do you want a friend in Washington? Get a dog. – Harry S Truman
  10. The dog is the god of frolic. – Henry Ward Beecher
  11. Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. – Franklin P. Jones
  12. What do dogs do on their day off? Can’t lie around – that’s their job. – George Carlin
  13. I don’t understand people who don’t touch their pets. Their cat or dog is called a pet for a reason. – Jarod Kintz
  14. If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life. – Roger A. Caras
  15. 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. – Charles M Schulz
  16. 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
  17. A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. – Josh Billings
  18. Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. – Roger A. Caras
  19. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become to each other because of them. – John Grogan
  20. To err is human – to forgive, canine. – Unknown
  21. The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be. – Konrad Lorenz
  22. If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. – Mark Twain
  23. If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people. – Capek
  24. The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog. – M.K. Clinton
  25. Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. – Kinky Friedman
  26. If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. – Woodrow Wilson
  27. Dogs are great. Bad dogs, if you can really call them that, are perhaps the greatest of them all. – John Grogan
  28. Money will buy you a pretty dog, but it won’t buy the wag of its tail. – Josh Billings
  29. No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you feel rich. – Louis Sabin
  30. Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well. – Bonnie Wilcox
  31. If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. – Will Rogers
  32. The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. – Andy Rooney
  33. Happiness is a warm puppy. – Charles M. Schulz
  34. The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants. -Johnny Depp
  35. A house is not a home until it has a dog. – Gerald Durrell
  36. Money will buy you a pretty dog, but it won’t buy the wag of its tail. – Josh Billings
  37. Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. – Dean Koontz
  38. Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell. – Emily Dickinson
  39. Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. – Roger A. Caras
  40. When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you. – Nora Ephron
  41. Whoever said you can’t buy happiness forgot little puppies. – Gene Hill
  42. If you don’t have a dog – at least one – there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life. – Vincent van Gogh
  43. Everything I know, I learned from dogs. – Nora Roberts
  44. A dog has one aim in life . . . to bestow his heart. – J.R. Ackerley
  45. Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. – Agnes Sligh Turnbull 
  46. The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog. – MK Clinton
  47. Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong. – W.R. Purche
  48. Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes. – Gene Hill
  49. If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. – Albert Einstein
  50. Intelligent dogs rarely want to please people whom they do not respect. – W.R. Koehler
  51. A dog is a bond between strangers. – John Steinbeck
  52. Dogs love to go for rides. A dog will happily get into any vehicle going anywhere. – Dave Barry
  53. Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. – Agnes Turnbull
  54. The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them. – Stanley Coren
  55. Dogs are how people would be if the important stuff is all that mattered to us. – Ashly Lorenzana
  56. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. – Immanuel Kant
  57. A dog will teach you, unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad. – Robert Wagner
  58. Dogs die. But dogs live, too. Right up until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us, and make our lives a little brighter, and they don’t waste time being afraid of tomorrow. – Dan Gemeinhart
  59. The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. – George Graham Vest
  60. Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What’s one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully. – Jon Katz 
  61. Hounds follow those who feed them. – Otto von Bismarck
  62. Every dog has his day unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak end. – June Carter Cash 
  63. Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more. – Agatha Christie 
  64. The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog. – M.K. Clinton 
  65. The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. – Charles de Gaulle
  66. The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants. – Johnny Depp 
  67. Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell. – Emily Dickinson 
  68. What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog. – Dwight D. Eisenhower 
  69. Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness? – Jonathan Safran Foer 
  70. There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. – Benjamin Franklin 
  71. Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate. – Sigmund Freud
  72. Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. – Robert A. Heinlein
  73. When an eighty-five-pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad. – Kristan Higgins 
  74. To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. – Aldous Huxley 
  75. Handle every situation like a dog. If you can’t eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away. – Unknown
  76. Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul, chicken, pork, and half a cow. They must think we’re the greatest hunters on earth! – Anne Tyler
  77. My cats inspire me daily. They inspire me to get a dog! – Greg Curtis
  78. A dog desires affection more than its dinner. Well – almost. – Charlotte Gray
  79. If you’re uncomfortable around my dog, I’m happy to lock you in the other room when you come over. – Unknown
  80. A boy can learn a lot from a dog – obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. – Robert Benchley
  81. If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail. – Fran Lebowitz
  82. If aliens saw us walking our dogs and picking up their poop, who would they think is in charge? – Unknown
  83. A dog is the only thing that can mend a crack in your broken heart. – Judith Newman
  84. I don’t think twice about picking up my dog’s poop, but if another dog’s poop is next to it, I think, ‘Eww, dog poop! – Jonah Goldberg
  85. Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. – Groucho Marx
  86. You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, ‘Wow, you’re right! I never would’ve thought of that!’ – Dave Barry
  87. Dogs teach us a very important lesson in life: The mailman is not to be trusted. – Sian Ford
  88. A well-trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it. – Helen Thomson
  89. You can trust your dog to guard your house but never trust your dog to guard your sandwich. – Unknown
  90. I once decided not to date a guy because he wasn’t excited to meet my dog. I mean, this was like not wanting to meet my mother. – Bonnie Schacter
  91. The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. – Andy Rooney
  92. Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog. – Sidney Jeanne Seward
  93. Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well. – Bennie Wilcox
  94. Regardless of the age of a dog, they remain our babies to the end of time. – Unknown
  95. Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. – Agnes Sligh Turnbull
  96. If the kindest souls were rewarded with the longest lives, dogs would outlive us all. – Unknown
  97. I love puppies, but there’s nothing like the sweet soul of an old dog. – Unknown
  98. Every white hair is one day of experience in being the very best friend you’ve ever had. – Jaymi Heimbuch
  99. Dogs are miracles with paws. – Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy
  100. Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart. – Erica Jong
  101. It’s tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won’t drink from my glass. – Rodney Dangerfield

In conclusion, dogs truly hold a special place in our hearts, and it’s evident in the countless number of quotes that have been written about them.

These quotes serve as a reminder of the unconditional love, loyalty, and joy that our furry friends bring into our lives. They have the ability to show us more kindness in one look than most humans can express with a thousand words.

Whether you’re a proud dog owner, a dog lover, or simply someone who appreciates the beauty of the human-dog bond, these quotes are sure to tug at your heartstrings and make you smile.

As you reflect on these 100+ dog quotes, we’d love it if you to leave a comment below sharing your own favorite quotes, memories, or stories about the dogs in your life. Your contributions will add to the richness of this collection and allow us to continue to celebrate the love and bond we share with our beloved dogs.

So share your thoughts, and let’s keep the celebration of dogs and their impact on our lives going strong!