There is no harder thing to give up than the thing that was supposed to make you happy.
Robert BreaultEvery day I go forth to seek my identity, feeling greatly blessed by the things I don't find it in.
Robert BreaultToday, befriend a stranger, or if you feel up to more of a challenge, befriend a loved one.
Robert BreaultThere's nothing like self-improvement to get your friends to like you for who you were.
Robert BreaultWe are each the star of our own situation comedy, and, with luck, the screwball friend in somebody else's.
Robert BreaultOnce you become the mommy or daddy in your child's world, it is the only world in which you exist, no matter how much you fancy there is a separate world of your own.
Robert BreaultThe average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead In fact maybe there is a lesson there for how we should approach the future...with fourteen parts optimism - anticipating what could go right and the benefits - and one part pessimism - anticipating what could go wrong so we can avoid them.
Robert BreaultWealth and wisdom are seldom combined, for the person who achieves one no longer desires the other.
Robert BreaultLooking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life- and it was you. It is not too late to find that person again.
Robert BreaultThe artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.
Robert BreaultThe difference between education and know-how is that one you pay for, the other you charge for.
Robert BreaultI complain that the years fly past, but then I look in a mirror and see that very few of them actually got past.
Robert BreaultI refuse to be burdened by vague worries. If something wants to worry me, it will have to make itself clear.
Robert BreaultThe hardest thing about reality is returning to it after an hour inside your child's mind.
Robert BreaultAn art critic is someone who appreciates art, except for any particular piece of art.
Robert BreaultA senseless tragedy remains forever tragic, but it is up to us whether it remains forever senseless.
Robert BreaultAfter years of buying clothes I intend to diet into, I'll say this: the skeleton in my closet has some really nice outfits.
Robert BreaultI look back on the time I've wasted, and I'm just glad I wasted it while I still had the chance.
Robert BreaultYou don't want to get to the end of life's journey and discover you never left the interstate.
Robert BreaultWe realize we can't have everything, and so begins the mad dash to have everything else.
Robert BreaultYou get to an age when there are really just two reasons to get up in the morning โ for goodness sake and for heaven's sake.
Robert BreaultBasically we are all looking for someone who knows who we are and will break it to us gently.
Robert BreaultEventually you realize that not all opposing viewpoints come from people who oppose you.
Robert BreaultSomewhere between the honest truth and the deceptive lie is the deceptive truth and the honest lie.
Robert Breault