Robert Fulghum
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.Collection: Parenting
If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.Collection: New
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. 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.Collection: Dreams
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.Collection: Inspirational
I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.Collection: Money
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.Collection: Great
I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.Collection: Chance
On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household.Collection: Food
All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.Collection: Life
Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.
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.
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.
Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
Clean up your own mess.
The examined life is no picnic.
The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.
I believe in dancing.
Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.
'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Any fool can make enough money to survive. It's another thing to keep yourself consistently entertained. It's a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to make a life.
I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.
The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.
I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.
'Maybe.' There's our word. The wisest answer to ultimate questions.
Weddings seem to be magnets for mishap and for whatever craziness lurks in family closets. In more ways than one, weddings bring out the ding-dong in everybody involved.
Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.
To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'
The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.
You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.
You are free to give life meaning, whatever meaning you want to give it.
Children are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise.
My secret agenda is to convey my values to my kids.
My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the last elegant tango some sweet night and pass on because there wasn't another dance left in me.
I think my writing is part of my ministry.
I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.
I wanted to be a citizen of the world but not in a superficial way.
No. I was an only child.
Patterns of repetition govern each day, week, year, and lifetime. 'Personal habits' is one term we use to describe the most common of these repeated patterns. But I say these habits are sacred because they give deliberate structure to our lives. Structure gives us a sense of security. And that sense of security is the ground of meaning.
Everything we do in our growing up has been done before. But it needs recognition and validation each time for each one of us - public, private, and secret.
Most of the time, a kid doesn't think about what he's doing or why. This is the privilege of childhood.
Do you notice that all presidents have a dog? There is always a First Dog. Or two or three. You have to have a dog to be president, I guess.
These are the things I learned: share everything, play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw some and paint and sing and dance and play and work some every day. Take a nap every afternoon, and, when you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.Collection: Hurt
We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.Collection: Names
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.Collection: Love
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.Collection: Differences
Every person passing through this life will unknowingly leave something and take something away. Most of this “something” cannot be seen or heard or numbered or scientifically detected or counted. It’s what we leave in the minds of other people and what they leave in ours. Memory. The census doesn’t count it. Nothing counts without it.Collection: Memories
All I ever needed to know I learned in kindergarten. Share everything ... Don't hit people ... Clean up your own mess.Collection: Education
Peace is not something you wish for, � it is something you make, something you are, something you do,�and something you give away.Collection: Motivational