Regina Brett Quotes

If baking is any labor at all, it's a labor of love. A love that gets passed from generation to generation.

No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

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

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.

Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.

Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.

If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

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

No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

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

When in doubt, take the next step.

You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

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

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

Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

Forgive everyone everything.

Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

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

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

Your children get only one childhood.

When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.

Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

Over prepare, then go with the flow.

Eating something fresh out of the oven is like a hug you can taste.

If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.

It's OK to let your children see you cry.

Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

There are few places you can find silence. Air travel could be the last fortress of solitude.

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.

Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

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

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

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

God never gives us more than what we can carry.

When you write a book, you are asking someone to make an investment in their time and money. A column can come and go as the weeks pass, but a book needs to be timeless.

I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.

To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.

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

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

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

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.