Robert Fulghum Quotes

We are caught in the contradiction of finding life a rather perplexing puzzle which causes us a lot of misery, and at the same time being dimly aware of the boundless, limitless nature of life. So we begin looking for an answer to the puzzle.

It is inevitable that many ideas of the young mind will later have to give way to the hard realities of life.

Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another...The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It is a rocky path through the wilderness.

Life's not some slot machine in an arcade with a sign that flashes up saying 'I'm sorry, you have been killed. Would you like another go?' But we might get put through the same test each time, get faced with the same situations until we've learned how to cope.

All life is a test one way or the other.

Life doesn't come with an instruction manual.

It is funny you know, you spend 12 years of your life learning about things and about life, but they never really tell you how hard life really is.

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference.

I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life.

Death gotta be easy cause life is hard

The difference between closing or opening your eyes is the choice between the imagined vs real. Blinking is only human.

The thing about happiness is that it doesn't help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me.

When I lost my way, and When the road was too long, I was muttering to myself. Life is just that way.

Life isn't all beer and skittles.

But I tell you - and mark my words - you will come some day to a craggy pass in the channel, where the whole of life's stream will be broken up into whirl and tumult, foam and noise: either you will be dashed to atoms on crag points, or lifted up and borne on by some master-wave into a calmer current.

You could either be trapped by what was going on around you, or you could find a way out. I think that everything, even if it is scary or good, comes into our life to help elevate and expand us as human beings.

Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation.

Adversity will surface in every life. How we meet it makes the difference.

Living, it can be sad too.

The world is a grindstone and life is your nose

It's important not to take anything for granted.

When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference. At the most basic level, don't let denial go unchallenged and win the conversation on climate.

Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.

If only you could see the whole picture, if you knew the whole story, you would realize that no problem ever comes to you that does not have a purpose in your life, that cannot contribute to your inner growth.