Robert Brault Quotes

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  Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Happiness, Scarcely

• There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Uncategorized
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  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 in Uncategorized

  Tags in Optimist, Forward
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  The road to success is not a path you find but a trail you blaze.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Road

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

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Life
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  There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Instinct, Animals

• If You Search The World For Happiness,You May Find It In The End,For The World Is Round And Will Lead You Back To Your Door.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Happiness
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  Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Realize, Enjoy
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  Often, what seems an impossible climb is just a staircase without the steps drawn in.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Impossible, Staircase
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  Sometimes in tragedy we find our life’s purpose.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Tragedy, Purpose
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  Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Wanting, Friend
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  Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Sailing, Direction
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  Worse than telling a lie is spending your whole life staying true to a lie.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Spending, Worse
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  There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Realizing, Lives
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  Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Learn, Accept

• Now and then it’s good to list all the things you regularly do for which there was once a good reason.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Regular, Reason

• Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life- and it was you. It is not too late to find that person again.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Realize, Person, Looking

• 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.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Today, Regret

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

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Optimism, Dead, Just

• The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.

  Robert Brault

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Object, Good, Prayer, Intention

Robert Brault (23)

Nationality:	American
Profession:	Writer

About

I am a free-lance writer who has contributed to magazines and newspapers in the USA for over 40 years. I offer my writings here as an entertainment only, pursuing no agenda and promoting no political philosophy.

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