L. Frank Baum Quotes

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

In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians" ~ The Witch of the North

Everything has to come to an end, sometime.

True courage is in facing damger when you are afraid.

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

Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody.

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

Can't you give me brains?" asked the Scarecrow."You don't need them. You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.

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

Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz

That proves you are unusual," returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.