Regina Brett Quotes

Whenever something happened, I'd freeze like a statue, too afraid of moving the wrong way, too afraid of making the wrong decisions. The problem is, if you stand still too long, that's your decision.

He’d be the first to say God never gives us more than we were designed to carry. Some of us were designed for more, some for less. No matter what, even if we are asked to carry a portion of sky, it is beyond bearable. It is gift.

Wszyskto się zmienia, kiedy ty się zmieniasz

Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

You just have to believe you can. And if you really prepare, it's a lot easier to trust the flow of life and where it will take you.

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.

Po czym poznać, że jesteś dorosły? Trzymasz w lodówce więcej jedzenia niż piwa.

It's hard to figure out what sent you spiraling down. A noise. A smell. A comment. Something so small sends you back into your own personal darkness, fear, and despair. It happens so fast, you don't know how you got there. Or sometimes you can feel yourself falling down in slow motion but you can't stop it.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

To do that means you will get messy, because life is messy. Yes, life is a gift, every day of it, but it isn't tied with a bow.

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.

"Why do you meditate? Does it make you a saint?" "No," the master replied. Does it make you more divine? "No," he shook his head. What, then, does it make you? "Awake," he replied. And how do you stay away? You breathe.

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.

W życiu nie chodzi o to, żeby pędzić przed siebie

The goal isn't to walk around the hole. Or get out quicker. The goal is to fill the hole so no one else falls in it. What do you fill it with? God. Which is to say, love: love of self, love of others, love of God.