Robert Fulghum quotes

You want my opinion? We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness - and call it love - true love. (Robert Fulghum)
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. View quote
Robert Fulghum
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - That myth is more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts - That hope always triumphs over experience - That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. View quote
Robert Fulghum
It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber. View quote
Robert Fulghum
I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind. View quote
Robert Fulghum
I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances. View quote
Robert Fulghum
The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be. View quote
Robert Fulghum
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience. View quote
Robert Fulghum
Everything I need to know... I learned in kindergarten. View quote
Robert Fulghum
For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits. When things are not going well, when I'm grumpy or mad, I'll realize that I've not been paying attention to my soul and I've not been following my best routine. View quote
Robert Fulghum
Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. (Robert Fulghum)
I think my writing is part of my ministry. View quote
Robert Fulghum
To insist on one's place in the scheme of things and to live up to that place. To empower others in their reaching for some place in the scheme of things. To do these things is to make fairy tales come true. View quote
Robert Fulghum
You can't always explain everything you do to everybody, you know. View quote
Robert Fulghum
One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. View quote
Robert Fulghum
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn't do without you. The rub is that you don't always know who. View quote
Robert Fulghum
Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts. View quote
Robert Fulghum
A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just goes on giraffing. View quote
Robert Fulghum
Love is the grand prize and the garbage heap. Love is a spiritual root canal and the only thing that makes life worth living. Love is a little taste of always and a big bite of nothing. And love is everything in between these extremes. View quote
Robert Fulghum
Just when you thought that you already learned the way how to live, life changes - and you're left the same as you begun. View quote
Robert Fulghum
It doesn't matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do. (Robert Fulghum)
It wasn't in books. It wasn't in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world. View quote
Robert Fulghum
Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life. View quote
Robert Fulghum
Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. View quote
Robert Fulghum
And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree. View quote
Robert Fulghum