Spelling Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old spelling quotes, spelling sayings, and spelling proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled. Will Cuppy
The man who is busy with public matters cannot be bothered with spelling. Napoleon
No man has as right to be a literary man unless he knows how to spell. Artemus Ward
A chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell. Evan Esar
Some of the hardest words in English are spelled with e's. Evan Esar
Some people are good at spelling; others know how to spell the synonyms for the words they don't know how to spell. Evan Esar
Love spells romance, marriage dispels it. Evan Esar
Good English, well spoken and well written will open more doors than a college degree... Bad English will slam doors you don't even know exist. William Raspberry
I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it. Rocky Graziano
Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well. to his daughter Martha. Thomas Jefferson
Beautiful penmanship should never be marred by bad spelling. James Lawrence Nichols
We may not be able to spell correctly the thousands of words in the English language, but it ought to be expected of us to spell correctly the few hundred words in general use. James Lawrence Nichols
Careful reading will make a good speller. James Lawrence Nichols
A writer who has at hand a reliable dictionary and makes irt a rule never to write a word unless he is positive that it is spelled correctly will in a very short time be a good speller. James Lawrence Nichols
Only in grammar can you be more than perfect. William Safire
The past is always tense, the future perfect. Zadie Smith
Grammar is a piano I play by ear. Joan Didion
I might not use capital letters. But I would definitely use an apostrophe…and probably a period. I’m a huge fan of punctuation. Subhash Jain
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one. Baltasar Gracián
A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity. Edgar Allan Poe