Regina Brett Quotes

In time, I found out that in God’s economy nothing is ever wasted. All those “dead-end jobs” prepared me for the job of my dreams in journalism.

The world isn't ending. You are just experiencing turbulence. The plane is safe. The pilot is good. You're in the right seat of life. You just hit a patch of bumpy air. Wait. It will pass.

You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

"Then one day a counselor told me that those tears were an asset. "What a wonderful gift, to feel so intensely," she said."

A dead end is really a detour to a new route you hadn't planned on taking.

If a relationship has to be secret, you shouldn't be in it.

That's when the world opened up. Everything in my life changed when I decided to change me. I didn't need to find the right person. I needed to become the right person.

When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.

Life isn't about how you survived the storm ... it's about how you danced in the rain. Dance with me.

We need to stop hiding our tears and actually share them. It takes a strong person to cry. It takes a stronger person to let others see those tears. We need to be tough enough to be tender, no matter who is watching.

Whatever you do, it’s up to you. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

Read any business article about how women can get ahead in the corporate world and they all warn: no tears. Don't ever let them see you cry.

Living an abundant life doesn’t mean winning the lottery, marrying rich, or getting a raise. It starts with a raise in consciousness and spreads from there. It starts with knowing that what you want isn’t always what you need, and often isn’t even what you truly want. It starts with making smart choices that lead to long-term gratification.