Beatrix Potter Quotes

United Kingdom, Writer
July 28, 1866 – December, 22, 1943.

Helen Beatrix Potter (British English , North American English also , 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Also known as Illustrator, Painter, Children'S Writer, Mycologist, Scientific Illustrator

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.

Beatrix Potter
- God
- Flower
- Thank God
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Beatrix Potter
- School
- Never
- Goodness

I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...

Beatrix Potter
- World
- Believe
- Real
Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.

Beatrix Potter
- Time
It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.

Beatrix Potter
- Said
- Eating
- Too Much
Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

Beatrix Potter
- Father
- Garden
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Beatrix Potter
- Good
- Great
- Believe
This is a Tale about a tail - a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin.

Beatrix Potter
- Red