L. Frank Baum Quotes

I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in...

And remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love but by how muc...

If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace.

The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good." L. Frank Baum, The Emerald Ci...

The wonderful wizard of Oz - when was a child I loved the movie and I read the book when I got older...

A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.

There's no place like home...

Perhaps it is better to be a machine that does its duty than a flesh-and-blood person who will not, ...

In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows.

People lose a lot of time being afraid... People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no...

All the same,' said the Scarecrow,'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not k...

Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody.

True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...

All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces da...

Can't you give me brains?" asked the Scarecrow."You don't need them. You are learning something ever...

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imaginat...

People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him;...

Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the mis...

...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how mu...

Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl who had been so suddenly whisked...

Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in ...

Not willingly," admitted the tiger. "But here is the alternative; either you transform yourself into...

I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the wor...

No matter how dreary and grey our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there th...

In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor ma...

For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money...

If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Be...

You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There ...

That proves you are unusual," returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worth...

It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool

Lions and tigers and Funkyoid, oh my!

True courage is in facing damger when you are afraid.

I can tell the time, though, by speak-ing, and as I nev-er sleep I can wak-en you at an-y hour you w...

You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excel...

The women of the world will dominate politics, some day, and you mustn't be too old-fashioned in you...

This is the way to get ideas: never to let adverse circumstances discourage you, but to believe ther...

Like all bullies and marauders, Gos was a coward at heart

In this world in which we live simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders

Now then, Mr. Crab," said the zebra, "here are the people I told you about; and they know more than ...

Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank Baum and his correspondents,...

Without knowing it the girl was arguing on the side of the world's expert criminologists, who hold t...

Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization. Imaginat...

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safe...

It's a bird of some sort. It's like a duck, only I never saw a duck have so many colors."The bird sw...

The Glass Cat is one of the most curious creatures in all Oz. It was made by a famous magician named...

To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.

But you will admit that it is a very good thing to be alive.

Everything has to come to an end, sometime.

All magic is unnatural, and for that reason is to be feared and avoided ~ The Scarecrow

How very wet this water is.

As they passed the rows of houses they saw through the open doors that men were sweeping and dusting...

As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.

Oh, if Shakespeare says it, that's all right.

You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said.The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're fri...