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…

Quote by Robert Fulghum

Topics: Life Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Suffering Quotes

Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Clean up your own mess.

Clean up your own mess.

Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something...

Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something...

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is...

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is...

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and...

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and...

To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering,...

To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering,...

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need,...

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need,...

What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his...

What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his...

Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out...

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out...

The examined life is no picnic.

The examined life is no picnic.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real...

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real...

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and...

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and...

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history....

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history....

Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.

Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.

All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.

All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.

Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues....

The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues....