One of the very few reasons I had any respect for my mother when I was thirteen was because she would reach… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
It’s the spirit here that counts. The time may be long, the vehicle may be strange or unexpected. But if the dream… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
These are the things I learned: share everything, play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Think what a better world it would be if we all-the whole world-had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
If dandelions were rare and fragile, people would knock themselves out to pay $14.95 a plant, raise them by hand in greenhouses,… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
The Indian danced on alone. The crowd clapped up the beat. The Indian danced with a chair. The crowd went crazy. The… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Never forget that music is too important to be left entirely in the hands of professionals. — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts” — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Life is. I am. Anything might happen. And I believe I may invest my life with meaning. The uncertainty is a blessing in disguise.… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Weddings seem to be magnets for mishap and for whatever craziness lurks in family closets. In more ways than one, weddings bring out the… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out. — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
The name is not important anymore - it's the tone that counts. I feel like an old dog I know. He will come to… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
“Nobody goes "AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" when they sing it. Maybe because it puts the life adventure in such clear and simple terms. The small creature is… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there at the sandpile at Sunday School. — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
You are free to give life meaning, whatever meaning you want to give it. — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
If we could just figure out how to have more fun at it, maybe more of us would join the ranks of those who… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to my life.… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
