---
title: "9 Wreck Life Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Wreck Life quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Wreck Life sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/robert-goolrick-8745_gently_you-wreck-your-own-life-and-then-very-ge_242979.png"
---

> [“You wreck your own life and then, very gently, you wreck the lives of those around you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-goolrick/you-wreck-your-own-life-and-then-very-gently-you-wreck-the-lives-of/)

[Robert Goolrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-goolrick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/robert-goolrick-8745_gently_you-wreck-your-own-life-and-then-very-ge_242979.png)

> [You may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/you-may-often-have-to-watch-jesus-christ-wreck-a-life-before-he-saves/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/oswald-chambers-205_christ_you-may-often-have-to-watch-jesus-christ_2051139.png)

> [“Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-what-you-have-it-s-kind-of-all/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/barbara-kingsolver-200_failure_mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-w_530379.png)

> [“Here comes Moses tromping down off Mount Syanide with ten fresh ways to wreck your life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/here-comes-moses-tromping-down-off-mount-syanide-with-ten-fresh-ways/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/barbara-kingsolver-200_life_here-comes-moses-tromping-down-off-mount_400348.png)

> [Everyone's life is a train wreck. Your life happens to be a high-class train wreck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyne-daly/everyone-s-life-is-a-train-wreck-your-life-happens-to-be-a-high-class/)

[Tyne Daly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyne-daly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/tyne-daly-17149_class_everyone-s-life-is-a-train-wreck-your-li_1259638.png)

> [“Today is the first day of the wreck of your life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-burke/today-is-the-first-day-of-the-wreck-of-your-life/)

[Rebecca Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-burke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/rebecca-burke-271908_life_today-is-the-first-day-of-the-wreck-of-y_2540632.jpg)

> [He was getting that look he gets, oh boy, like Here comes Moses tromping down off of Mount Syanide with ten fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/he-was-getting-that-look-he-gets-oh-boy-like-here-comes-moses/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/barbara-kingsolver-200_boys_he-was-getting-that-look-he-gets-oh-boy_3194754.png)

> [Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one. You know what Hester told me when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-what-you-have-it-s-kind-of-all-2/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/barbara-kingsolver-200_choices_mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-w_1385049.jpg)

> [“The firs day of high school is bullshit anyways. It's supposed to be about new beginnings, but really all it does is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-barnholdt/the-firs-day-of-high-school-is-bullshit-anyways-it-s-supposed-to-be/)

[Lauren Barnholdt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-barnholdt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/lauren-barnholdt-3965_bullshit_the-firs-day-of-high-school-is-bullshit_2301369.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wreck-life/#itemlist",
            "name": "Wreck Life Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 9,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“You wreck your own life and then, very gently, you wreck the lives of those around you.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Robert Goolrick"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-goolrick/you-wreck-your-own-life-and-then-very-gently-you-wreck-the-lives-of/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/robert-goolrick-8745_gently_you-wreck-your-own-life-and-then-very-ge_242979.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/robert-goolrick-8745_gently_you-wreck-your-own-life-and-then-very-ge_242979.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/robert-goolrick-8745_gently_you-wreck-your-own-life-and-then-very-ge_242979.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“You wreck your own life and then, very gently, you wreck the lives of those around you.” — Robert Goolrick",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "You may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Oswald Chambers"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/you-may-often-have-to-watch-jesus-christ-wreck-a-life-before-he-saves/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/oswald-chambers-205_christ_you-may-often-have-to-watch-jesus-christ_2051139.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/oswald-chambers-205_christ_you-may-often-have-to-watch-jesus-christ_2051139.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/oswald-chambers-205_christ_you-may-often-have-to-watch-jesus-christ_2051139.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“You may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it.” — Oswald Chambers",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Barbara Kingsolver"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-what-you-have-it-s-kind-of-all/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/barbara-kingsolver-200_failure_mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-w_530379.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/barbara-kingsolver-200_failure_mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-w_530379.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/barbara-kingsolver-200_failure_mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-w_530379.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one.” — Barbara Kingsolver",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Here comes Moses tromping down off Mount Syanide with ten fresh ways to wreck your life.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Barbara Kingsolver"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/here-comes-moses-tromping-down-off-mount-syanide-with-ten-fresh-ways/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/barbara-kingsolver-200_life_here-comes-moses-tromping-down-off-mount_400348.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/barbara-kingsolver-200_life_here-comes-moses-tromping-down-off-mount_400348.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/barbara-kingsolver-200_life_here-comes-moses-tromping-down-off-mount_400348.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Here comes Moses tromping down off Mount Syanide with ten fresh ways to wreck your life.” — Barbara Kingsolver",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Everyone's life is a train wreck. Your life happens to be a high-class train wreck.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tyne Daly"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyne-daly/everyone-s-life-is-a-train-wreck-your-life-happens-to-be-a-high-class/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/tyne-daly-17149_class_everyone-s-life-is-a-train-wreck-your-li_1259638.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/tyne-daly-17149_class_everyone-s-life-is-a-train-wreck-your-li_1259638.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/tyne-daly-17149_class_everyone-s-life-is-a-train-wreck-your-li_1259638.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Everyone's life is a train wreck. Your life happens to be a high-class train wreck.” — Tyne Daly",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Today is the first day of the wreck of your life.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Rebecca Burke"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-burke/today-is-the-first-day-of-the-wreck-of-your-life/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/rebecca-burke-271908_life_today-is-the-first-day-of-the-wreck-of-y_2540632.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/rebecca-burke-271908_life_today-is-the-first-day-of-the-wreck-of-y_2540632.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/rebecca-burke-271908_life_today-is-the-first-day-of-the-wreck-of-y_2540632.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Today is the first day of the wreck of your life.” — Rebecca Burke",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "He was getting that look he gets, oh boy, like Here comes Moses tromping down off of Mount Syanide with ten fresh ways to wreck your life.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Barbara Kingsolver"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/he-was-getting-that-look-he-gets-oh-boy-like-here-comes-moses/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/barbara-kingsolver-200_boys_he-was-getting-that-look-he-gets-oh-boy_3194754.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/barbara-kingsolver-200_boys_he-was-getting-that-look-he-gets-oh-boy_3194754.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/barbara-kingsolver-200_boys_he-was-getting-that-look-he-gets-oh-boy_3194754.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“He was getting that look he gets, oh boy, like Here comes Moses tromping down off of Mount Syanide with ten…” — Barbara Kingsolver",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 8,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one. You know what Hester told me when we were working the sheep one time? She said it's no good to complain about your flock, because it's the put-together of all your past choices.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Barbara Kingsolver"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-what-you-have-it-s-kind-of-all-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/barbara-kingsolver-200_choices_mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-w_1385049.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/barbara-kingsolver-200_choices_mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-w_1385049.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/barbara-kingsolver-200_choices_mistakes-wreck-your-life-but-they-make-w_1385049.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one. You know what Hester told me…” — Barbara Kingsolver",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 9,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“The firs day of high school is bullshit anyways. It's supposed to be about new beginnings, but really all it does is wreck your life. And set you up for failure. And make you realize everything is completely and totally fucked.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Lauren Barnholdt"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-barnholdt/the-firs-day-of-high-school-is-bullshit-anyways-it-s-supposed-to-be/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/lauren-barnholdt-3965_bullshit_the-firs-day-of-high-school-is-bullshit_2301369.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/lauren-barnholdt-3965_bullshit_the-firs-day-of-high-school-is-bullshit_2301369.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/lauren-barnholdt-3965_bullshit_the-firs-day-of-high-school-is-bullshit_2301369.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The firs day of high school is bullshit anyways. It's supposed to be about new beginnings, but really all it…” — Lauren Barnholdt",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wreck-life/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wreck-life/",
            "name": "Wreck Life Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wreck-life/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/robert-goolrick-8745_gently_you-wreck-your-own-life-and-then-very-ge_242979.png"
            },
            "description": "Browse 9 Wreck Life quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Wreck Life sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wreck-life/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wreck-life/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Wreck Life Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wreck-life/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```