199 Quotes by Regina Brett

All the time I looked around me comparing my insides to everyone else's outsides.

Choice, not chance, determines your destiny. It's up to you to decide what you are worth, how you matter, and how you make meaning in the world. No one else has your gifts - your set of talents, ideas, interests. You are an original masterpiece.

Life is what happens when you're making other plans. So does your résumé. It takes on a life of its own if you let it. Some people try to map out their paths and plan every step, but in reality, life hands you something better. A dead end is really a detour to a new route you hadn't planned on taking. Every experience enhances your life now or later.

I used to think only people like Mother Teresa and Gandhi had a mission in life. We all have one. How do you find it? You listen to your life.All those dead-end jobs? There's no such thing. In God's economy, nothing is ever wasted. The dots all connect in time.

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

Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

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