I once listed all the good things I did over the past year, and then turned them into resolution form and backdated them. That was a good feeling Robert Fulghum More Quotes by Robert Fulghum More Quotes From Robert Fulghum Never forget that music is too important to be left entirely in the hands of professionals. Robert Fulghum never-forget important hands I and you-We are infinate, rich, large, contradictory, living, breathing miracles-free human beings, children of God and the everlasting universe. That's what we do. Robert Fulghum breathing miracle children To look this way is to see. To see is to have vision. To have vision is to understand. To understand is to know. To know is to become. To become is to live fully. To live fully is to matter. And to matter is to become light. And to become light is to be loved. And to be loved is to burn. And to burn is to exist. Off and on. Robert Fulghum understanding light love Never, ever regret or apologize for believing that when one man or one woman decides to risk addressing the world with truth, the world may stop what it is doing and hear. There is too much evidence to the contrary. Robert Fulghum regret truth believe I often say that I don't worry about the meaning of life-I can't handle that big stuff. What concerns me is the meaning in life-day by day, hour by hour, while I'm doing whatever it is I do. What counts is not what I do, but how I think about myself while I'm doing it. Robert Fulghum meaning-of-life worry thinking The best feelings in your life come when you start feeling good after you've been feeling just awful Robert Fulghum awful feel-good feelings Desire is the intangible quality that has more impact on success than talent, education, or IQ. You can't see desire, but you can feel its presence, and see its results in the lives of successful people. Robert Fulghum intangible-quality impact successful Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We are survivors. Robert Fulghum survivor kind long Public lives are lived out on the job and in the marketplace, where certain rules, conventions, laws, and social customs keep most of us in line. Private lives are lived out in the presence of family, friends, and neighbors who must be considered and respected even though the rules and proscriptions are looser than what's allowed in public. But in our secret lives, inside our own heads, almost anything goes. Robert Fulghum secret law jobs Sometimes, when asked the what-do-you-do question, it occurs to me to say that I work for the government. I have a government job, essential to national security. I AM A CITIZEN. Like the Supreme Court judges, my job is for life, and the well-being of my country depends on me. It seems fair to think that I should be held accountable for my record in the same way I expect accountability from those who seek elected office. I would like to be able to say that I can stand on my record and am proud of it. Robert Fulghum jobs country thinking Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them. Robert Fulghum share found advice And sure, I know if you eat this way you'll die. So? If you don't eat this way you're still going to die. Why not die happy? Robert Fulghum why-not stills way Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Robert Fulghum im-sorry hurt appreciation You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago. Robert Fulghum chicago ants feels Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there at the sandpile at Sunday School. Robert Fulghum sunday wisdom school I think my writing is part of my ministry. Robert Fulghum ministry writing thinking It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more than fame and fortune. Robert Fulghum grateful success add Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Robert Fulghum styrofoam growth roots Dreams are more powerful than facts. Robert Fulghum powerful hope dream Do you ever go off with a long grocery list and come home from the store with a bunch of different stuff? And somebody in the family unsacks the groceries and wants to know why you got this and didn't get that and just where is the whatever? And you want to say, 'Well, just be glad I came back, okay?' And the unpacker says, 'Well, next time bring what's on the list.' Robert Fulghum want home long
