Charles M. Schulz > Quotes

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I love mankind, it's people I can't stand.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Happiness is a warm puppy.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong'.
Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?" ...Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, "We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Stop worrying about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it I wash my mouth out with chocolate.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Just remember, when you’re over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“If I stand here, I can see the Little Red Haired girl when she comes out of her house... Of course, if she sees me peeking around this tree, she'll think I'm the dumbest person in the world... But if I don't peek around the tree, I'll never see her... Which means I probably AM the dumbest person in the world... which explains why I'm standing in a batch of poison oak.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“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

“Just thinking about a friend makes you want to do a happy dance, because a friend is someone who loves you in spite of your faults.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“In the Book of Life, The answers aren't in the back.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I think I'm afraid of being happy because whenever I get too happy something bad always happens.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Be yourself. No one can say you're doing it wrong.
-Snoopy”
― Charles M. Schulz

“There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people... Religion, Politics, and The Great Pumpkin. ”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.”
― Charles M. Schulz, Charlie Brown's Little Book of Wisdom

“Happiness is anyone and anything that's loved by you.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“What can you do when you don't fit in? What can you do when life seems to be passing you by?"
"Follow me. I want to show you something. See the horizon over there? See how big this world is? See how much room there is for everybody? Have you ever seen any other worlds?"
"No."
"As far as you know, this is the only world there is, right?"
"Right."
"There are no other worlds for you to live in, right?"
"Right."
"You were born to live in this world, right?"
"Right."
"WELL LIVE IN IT THEN! Five cents please.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement. ”
― Charles M. Schulz

“There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker. ”
― Charles M. Schulz

“There is no greater burden than great potential.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Well, I can understand how you feel. You worked hard, studying for the spelling bee, and I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and you made a fool of yourself and everything. But did you notice something, Charlie Brown?"
"What's that?"
"The world didn't come to an end.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!”
― Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, 1959-1962

“That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another....”
― Charles M. Schulz

“There is nothing more attractive than a nice smile”
― Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960

“Never jump into a pile of leaves with a wet sucker.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out! A door slammed. The maid screamed. Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.”
― Charles M. Schulz, It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, Snoopy

“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Sometimes you lie in bed at night, and you don't have a single thing to worry about...That always worries me! ”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you're the Charlie Brownest.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Life is like an ice cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time. ”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Snoopy: So this is the last day of the year. Another complete year gone by and what have I accomplished this year that I haven't accomplished every other year? Nothing! (He smiles.) How consistent can you get?”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Linus: What's wrong, Charlie Brown?
Charlie Brown: I just got terrible news. The teacher says we're going on a field trip to an art museum; and I have to get an A on my report or I'll fail the whole course. Why do we have to have all this pressure about grades, Linus?
Linus: Well, I think that the purpose of going to school is to get good grades so then you can go on to high school; and the purpose is to study hard so you can get good grades so you can go to college; and the purpose of going to college is so you can get good grades so you can go on to graduate school; and the purpose of that is to work hard and get good grades so we can get a job and be successful so that we can get married and have kids so we can send them to grammar school to get good grades so they can go to high school to get good grades so they can go to college and work hard...
Charlie Brown: Good grief!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“To dance is to live!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“If you grit your teeth and show real determination, you'll always have a chance.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I'm dying and all I hear are insults!”
― Charles M. Schulz