Explore Quotes by Regina Brett

Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don't forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all.

We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be.

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

A book store is a treasure chest. Every time you walk in one, you strike gold.

No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments.

It's easier to forgive those who hurt you than those who hurt the people you love.

Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

Forgive everyone everything.

Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?

However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

Over prepare, then go with the flow.

There were two kinds of women: those who wear nail polish and those who don't. Which do you prefer?

Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard.

It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step. One small step and then another. That's what it takes to raise a child, to get a degree, to write a book, to do whatever it is your heart desires.

There's so much living to be squeeze into the cracks of one little day. You can make someone laugh, smile, hope, sing, think.

Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.