Whether your best friend is a cat, dog, rabbit or salamander, it's undeniable that pets hold a special place in the heart. If you've got more photos on your phone of your four-legged buddy than, say, pretty much anything (or anyone) else, then don't be afraid to post them using one of these pet quotes.

　　Whether you declare your feelings about your bestie via Instagram, Facebook or simply by sending a group text with photos to friends and family, these sweet and short sentiments are the perfect way to give your furry sidekick a shout out, while confirming that you've clearly got the cutest companion in all the world.

　　Below you'll find a collection of heartwarming quotes on love, companionship and the special bond that exists between humans and their animal friends.

　　You'll also find funny pet quotes, quotes just for cats and sayings for dogs, too. Even if your pet isn't of the furry variety, not to worry — there are plenty of messages that cover whatever it is you'd like to say about your treasured pal.

　　Hoping to express how much you love your canine? Try Hermann Hesse's endearing quote, “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” Or, if you're in the market for an amusing saying on your independent feline, use Nan Porter's astute observation, “If cats could talk, they wouldn’t.”

　　Whichever you choose is sure to inspire an "Aww" or two and remind everyone that when it comes to pets, yours is, well, top dog.

　　Best pet quotes

　　“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott

　　“Friendship isn’t a big thing — it’s a million little things.” — Paulo Coelho

　　“Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticism.” — George Eliot

　　“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” — Euripides

　　“An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.” — Martin Buber

　　“The love for all living creatures is the most notable attribute of man.” — Charles Darwin

　　“Where there is love there is life.” — Mahatma Gandhi

　　“You complete me.” — Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise), “Jerry Maguire”

　　“Wherever we are, it is our friends that make our world.” — Henry Drummond

　　“I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” — Abraham Lincoln

　　“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” — Henry Ford

　　“I never want to stop making memories with you.” — Pierre Jeanty

　　“Love understands love; it needs no talk.” — Frances Havergal

　　“It’s difficult to understand why people don’t realize that pets are gifts to mankind.” — Linda Blair

　　“Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.” — Loretta Young

　　“Perhaps the greatest gift an animal has to offer is a permanent reminder of who we really are.” — Nick Trout

　　“Blessings sometimes show up in unrecognizable disguises. ” — Janette Oke

　　“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” — Hermann Hesse

　　“Until one has loved and animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” — Anatole France

　　“For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” — Carl Sagan, “Cosmos”

　　“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.” — Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

　　Dog quotes

　　“There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog.” — Mira Grant

　　“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” — Christopher Morley

　　“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.” — Dean Koontz

　　“Before you get a dog, you can’t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can’t imagine living any other way.” — Caroline Knapp

　　“Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.” — W.R. Purche

　　“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.” — Orhan Pamuk

　　“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” — Josh Billings

　　“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.” W. Bruce Cameron

　　“If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am.” — Charles Yu

　　“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” — Roger Caras

　　“The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” — M.K. Clinton

　　“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” — Andy Rooney

　　“There will be little dogs, with golden hair, shining like precious stones.” — Martin Luther

　　“My little dog — a heartbeat at my feet.” — Edith Wharton

　　Cat quotes

　　“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” — Charles Dickens

　　“Cats choose us; we don't own them.” — Kristin Cast

　　“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human mind.” — Cleveland Amory

　　“When I am feeling low all I have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns.” — Charles Bukowski

　　“How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.” — Robert Heinlein

　　“If cats could talk, they wouldn't.” — Nan Porter

　　“My cats inspire me daily. They inspire me to get a dog!” —Greg Curtis

　　“I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.” — L.M. Montgomery, "Anne of the Island"

　　“I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.” — Jules Verne

　　“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” — Albert Schweitzer

　　“Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.” — Pam Brown

　　“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” — Jean Cocteau

　　“The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.” — Carl Van Vechten

　　“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” — Sigmund Freud

　　“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” — Terry Pratchett