Some say that true love is a mirage; seek it anyway, for all else is surely desert.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Love
When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Adversity
Success is a tale of obstacles overcome, and for every obstacle overcome, an excuse not used.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Excuses
Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don’t understand.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Friendship
It’s still possible to be a cockeyed optimist these days – you just have to be a little more cockeyed.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Optimism
In a household of toddlers and pets, we discover this rule of thumb about happy families – that they are least two-thirds incontinent.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Family
A rule that cannot be bent will certainly be broken.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Justice
If you can’t forgive and forget, pick one.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Forgiveness
You must question a code of ethics that never impedes your progress.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Integrity
We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Goals
Charisma is a fancy name given to the knack of giving people your full attention.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Charm
Life is short, God’s way of encouraging a bit of focus.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Carpe-diem
The little money I have – that is my wealth, but the things I have for which I would not take money, that is my treasure.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Money
The irresistible attraction of pets is that their love can be earned
—Robert Brault
Either way, things are a lot better – either a lot better than they were or a lot better than they’re going to be.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Attitude
Leash: n, a means by which animals, formerly running wild, are prevented from running tame, also.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Civilization
Dare to turn life on its end, and you may find that topsy-turvy is a truer perspective than turvy-topsy.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Perspective
If you aren’t sure who you are, you might as well work on who you want to be.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Self-Discovery
Life is too short to hold a grudge, also too long.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Anger
After 5000 years of recorded human history, you wonder, What part of 2,000,000 sunrises doesn’t a pessimist understand?
—Robert Brault
Topics: Optimism
The happiest memories are of moments that ended when they should have.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Memories
To the student I would say, “Life is principally multiple choice, but at the end there’s a tough essay question”.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Life
Optimist: someone who isn’t sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Attitude
I believe in a real, physical world. I figure if the world existed only in my mind, it would pay more attention to me.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Reality
The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Optimism
Love thy neighbor, and if it requires that you bend your understanding of the truth, the Truth will understand.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Education, Kindness
I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Belief
Optimist: someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it’s a cha-cha.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Optimism
A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don’t even have.
—Robert Brault
Topics: Mothers
Family life is a bit like a runny peach pie – not perfect but who’s complaining?
—Robert Brault
Topics: Family
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