Regina Brett Quotes

My life used to be like that game of freeze tag we played as kids. Once tagged, you had to freeze in the situation you are in. Whenever something happened, I'd freeze like a statue, too afraid of moving the wrong way, too afraid of making the wrong decision. The problem is, if you stand still too long, that's your decision.

When in doubt, do the next right thing.

Once you evict the excess, you can embrace the essentials: that which is beautiful, meaningful, and enhances your life. When you finally let go of the person you used to be, you get to discover the person you are now and the person you want to become.

Greet every morning with open arms and say thanks every night with a full hear. Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.

If you want to change the world in a big way, you do your small assignments with greater love, greater attention, greater passion. Simply embrace the job you have, the family you have, the neighborhood you have, the task you have been given.

Wouldn't it be great if health-care plans included a list of Buddhist monks among the network providers?

Look, at the end of it all, God us going to ask just one question: Did you love? Eh? That's all that matters. Did you love.

However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

Cry alone and you'll keep crying those same tears over and over. Cry with someone and those tears have the power to heal you once and for all.

God never gives us more than we were designed to carry.

Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

Get busy on the possible

Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?

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.

My parents gave me the best childhood they could. One better than both of them had combined. Now that I'm an adult it's no longer up to them to make my childhood better. That job is all mine.