Robert Fulghum
Robert Fulghum
Robert Lee Fulghumis an American author and Unitarian Universalist minister...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth4 June 1937
CountryUnited States of America
Robert Fulghum quotes about
american-author biggest books learned remember word
All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - look.
best hands hold stick together
When you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together
american-author gains loses man profit
What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?
marriage mother children
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
hands together world
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.
motivational forgiveness peace
Peace is not something you wish for, � it is something you make, something you are, something you do,�and something you give away.
taken journey long
Instructions For Wayfarers They will declare: Every journey has been taken. You shall respond: I have not been to see myself. They will insist: Everything has been spoken. You shall reply: I have not had my say. They will tell you: Everything has been done. You shall reply: My way is not complete. You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard. Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper. And you shall go through and on . . . —Alexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis, THIRD WISH
bananas existence anything-can-happen
Anything can happen. The great banana peel of existence is always on the floor somewhere.
names together dull
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.
fields tourists unending
Only now have I finally realized that my life has been an unending field trip. And I have tried hard not to be a tourist. But to be an adventurer, a traveler, an explorer, a learner, and a pilgrim.
ignorance pride mixtures
Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.
firsts living-my-life first-time
If I don't have time to live my life well the first time, when am I going to find the time to go back and live it over?
differences coping-mechanisms oatmeal
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.
summer philosophical mood
The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.