Today would be the 134th birthday of A. A. Milne. The English author died in 1956, but his wit and wisdom live on in the fictional universe known as the Hundred Acre Wood. Milne published the first Winnie-the-Pooh book in 1926 and introduced some of the most treasured characters in children's literature: Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, and Roo. (Tigger didn't appear until the second book in the series.) In the 1960s, Disney started making animated films based on Milne's books. Those short movies became classics in their own right, introducing Pooh and company to children for generations to come. In all their iterations, the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood have doled out lots of life lessons over the years — from the happy-go-lucky Pooh to the realist philosopher Eeyore. Here are 25 of the best Winnie-the-Pooh quotes — and how they still apply to life as grown-ups.
Your game plan for every big weekend project, ever.
When you finally accept the fact that no matter how many YouTube beauty tutorials you watch, you will never master the perfect cat-eye.
Something to keep in mind when your friends are all glued to their phones instead of listening to the dramatic retelling of your crazy weekend.
What to keep telling yourself when everything shitty seems to happen on the same day.
When your coworker tries to call a totally unnecessary team meeting.
This means it's okay to miss your dog or cat more than your family when you're on vacation.
It takes dedication to be 100% unproductive, people.
People who care about food as much as you do are the best kinds of people.
What to say as a preface to telling your parents that you knocked Grandma's urn off the fireplace mantel.
Or a mug without a single drop of coffee left inside.
2016 translation: You should probably get your ass off the couch and go meet your friends at that bar, even if you don't feel like it.
A.m. priorities.
We'd like to think we've mastered the days of the week, but when it comes to words like "Jake Gyllenhaal," we agree that spelling doesn't count.
Post this on the fridge as a friendly little reminder to your roommates or S.O. It's more subtle than a Post-It that says, "DO THE FUCKING DISHES."
When you try to explain something and it just does not sound as brilliant as it did in your head a minute ago.
Say this to someone you love.
It's true: Hard times can't last forever.
Piglet's version of "Chill out,""Go with the flow," and "Let it be."
Riding out hunger pangs in the service of a pal is rough, but virtuous.
Pooh lives in the moment.
When you're lacking for creative inspiration, take a walk.
You always have at least a few reasons to be grateful — and they’re all just a FaceTime (or a Snapchat) away.
Make this your mantra when you’re feeling down in the dumps. The silver lining is always there.
Basically, the cute animated bear version of SMH.
The older you get, the better you know who you are and what you want. Which means you can stop running around like a crazy person trying to keep up with the things that don't matter.
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