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

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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.

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 examined life is no picnic.

The examined life is no picnic.

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...

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...

Clean up your own mess.

Clean up your own mess.

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...

If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons...

If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons...

Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind...

Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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....

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...