Robert Brault

“The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser―in case you thought optimism was dead.”

“I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life.”

“Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.”

“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar”

“Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.”

“Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life and that person was you. It is not too late to become that person again.”

“A family is a group of people who keep confusing you with someone you were as a kid.”

“There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.”

“Nature decrees that we do not exceed the speed of light. All other impossibilities are optional.”

“There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.”

“Do not call any work menial until you have watched a proud person do it.”

“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”

“Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don’t fool.”

“Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.”

“If you cannot forgive and forget, pick one.”