Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal.

Happiness is a warm puppy.
The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans.
Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals.
Time spent with cats is never wasted.
The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
Cats choose us; we don't own them.

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.
One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.
My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.