Top 766 Quotes & Sayings by Robert Breault - Page 2

Some forgive and forget, more forgive and remember, most forgive and remind.

If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.

Those who avoid the tough choices of life, live a life they never chose.

I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life.

At the end of the day, Mother Nature has only one question for us: 'What life did you nurture today?

You always think you could have done more. That's why you need a friend - to tell you you did all you could.

Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them.

I would love to go back and travel the road not taken, if I knew at the end of it I'd find the same set of grandkids.

The greatest gift we give to someone who loves us is simply to be happy.

Always keep your home presentable, assuming you keep a home for purposes of presentation.

Sometimes it's worth getting lost to see who will come looking for us.

If you aren't sure who you are, you might as well work on who you want to be.

Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

The thing about a friendly smile is not just that it makes people like you but that it makes them like themselves.

Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.

Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required.

It's hard, sometimes, when nothing's stopping you, to know what's stopping you.

Life is a series of family photos in which eventually you stop showing up.

The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality.

It is easy to mistake being ready for a wedding with being ready for marriage.

Mom - the person most likely to write an autobiography and never mention herself.

The trouble with always leaving yourself a way out is that you always take it.

I don't believe you really know God if you do not recognize His sense of humor.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

Occasionally ask, "What is the connection between what I want most in life and anything I plan to do today?

Alexandros of Antioch took a block of marble and chiseled away from it everything that was not his masterpiece, the Venus de Milo. If you will chisel away one fault from your character every day, you may discover - a) that you're actually a statue of Margaret Thatcher. b) that you're still just a block of marble. c) that there are pigeon droppings on your shoes. d) that you, too, are a hidden masterpiece.

To help someone in need is not charity it is proper etiquette.

We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal.

There are three dimensions of time, two of which contain happier days.

If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?

Every day ask yourself, "What would I do today if I were a better person?

If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same.

Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate.

It's not that I'm a Type-B personality. It's that I'm driven by a passionate, all-consuming desire to take it easy.

The toughest test of good judgment is to know when to withhold your better judgment.

Life is a process by which a few desperate longings morph into a thousand meaningless wants.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, not forgetting to leave others be as you would have them leave you be.

For centuries, man believed that the sun revolves around the earth. Centuries later, he still thinks that time moves clockwise.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

Success is a tale of obstacles overcome, and for every obstacle overcome, an excuse not used.

In the best of relationships you have two people who cannot think of anything that was not part of the deal.

Somewhere between the honest truth and the deceptive lie is the deceptive truth and the honest lie.

You can bear your troubles or shrug them off. They're your shoulders.

If I had it to do again, I'd ask more questions and interrupt fewer answers.

If you could travel back in time to the present moment, what would you do differently?

To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."

When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts.

There is a what-the-hell moment in life when you feel you have been pre-punished for every sin you'll ever commit.

The problem with putting off things you've always wanted to do is that eventually you run out of always.

Lend, by your imperfections, self-esteem to others, and you will be invited everywhere.

There comes a time when a man and woman realize that their separate schemes can be better achieved as a conspiracy.

Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.

If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines.

The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher.

It is when there is nothing you can say or do to help that a friend needs you the most.

To have success, you can't let failure stop you. To have great success, you can't let success stop you.

A man sometimes wins an argument, but a woman always wins a silence.

Why be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with an allotment of days I never had and was never promised? Must I check off each day of my life as if I am subtracting from this imaginary hoard? No, on the contrary, I will add each day of my life to my treasure of days lived. And with each day, my treasure will grow, not diminish.

I hope some day to meet God, because I want to thank Him for the flowers.