International Guide Dog Day is marked every year on the last Wednesday of April to honor the furry friends that help those who are visually impaired or blind. This year, the day is celebrated on April 28.

On this day, it is important to raise awareness about guide dogs in our society and inform those in need about these four-legged adorable animals who can help them experience independence and freedom.

Here are some quotes, courtesy AZquotes, about guide dogs to share today.

1. "Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made." – Roger Caras

2. "All dogs can be guide dogs of a sort, leading us to places we didn't even know we needed or wanted to go." – Caroline Knapp

3. "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself." – Josh Billings

4. "They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation." – Jerome K. Jerome

5. "A blind bloke walks into a shop with a guide dog. He picks the Dog up and starts swinging it around his head. Alarmed, a shop assistant calls out: 'Can I help, sir?' 'No thanks,' says the blind bloke. 'Just looking.'" – Tommy Cooper

6. "Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear." – Dave Barry

7. "If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons." – James Thurber

8. "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." – Bernard Williams

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Under certain circumstances, guide dogs are acceptable. Reuters
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