Frank Warren Quotes & Sayings

I was a small business owner, father, and husband just living out in the suburbs. I kind of had a boring life until Post Secret came and turned that upside down. I printed up 3000 self-addressed postcards and handed them out to people on the street, inviting them to write down a secret on that postcard anonymously and mail it to me. I got a lot of surprises. — Frank Warren

The stuff I own will no longer own me. — Frank Warren

Dear soulmate,
I don't know who you are, where you live, or what you look like. But I pray for you every nite and I ask God to point you in my direction. — Frank Warren

Secrets can remind us of the countless human dramas, of frailty and heroism playing out silently in the lives of people all around us. — Frank Warren

I read your secrets to escape from my own. — Frank Warren

How I wish I could hug everyone and tell them that it's okay. It's okay to be scared and angry and hurt and selfish. It's part of being human, — Frank Warren

At seventeen I'm waiting for my life to actually begin. I'm afraid I'll wake up tomorrow eighty years old and I WILL STILL BE WAITING. — Frank Warren

Religious people fear hell
Spiritual people have walked thru it. — Frank Warren

The confessions can touch on every human emotion. They can be laugh-out-loud funny, for sure, they can be heart-breaking, they can be sexual or hidden acts of kindness, they can be romantic ... — Frank Warren

Secrets can take many forms. They can be shocking or silly or soulful. They can connect us with our deepest humanity, or with people we'll never meet. — Frank Warren

We're all waiting for something. — Frank Warren

I've just gotta save myself and then I'm Yours. — Frank Warren

Sometimes ...
I feel as if
I'm not supposed to get better. — Frank Warren

I am the type of person that I complain about. — Frank Warren

Love you. A stranger accidentally text messaged me the other day. I didn't delete it. I look at it before I go to bed at night and sometimes during the day. I know it wasn't meant for me ... but it's nice to pretend it was. — Frank Warren

If I had known it was the end, would I have done it any different? — Frank Warren

There are some secrets that we think we're keeping, but those secrets are actually keeping us. — Frank Warren

The best way to hear somebody else's secret is actually to share one of your true secrets. — Frank Warren

I'm thrilled with the person I'm becoming. — Frank Warren

I didn't think time could change us. — Frank Warren

You keep a secret inside of you and it feels like a wall that separates you from others. — Frank Warren

Sometimes I text the "wrong" person ... on purpose. Just to start a conversation. — Frank Warren

Out of everything the depression stole from me ... I miss my books the most. — Frank Warren

If ever I was in a plane that was going down, rather than screaming, crying and railing against the inevitable, I would look out the window, watch my death speeding toward me, and fully appreciate the final experience of my life. — Frank Warren

There are two kinds of secrets: those we keep from others and those we hide from ourselves. — Frank Warren

I am not waiting for a prince on a white horse. I am waiting for you ... So why don't you kiss me? — Frank Warren

The more I look back on my life, the more I see miracles. — Frank Warren

Surprise!
Adolescence is not an exciting adventure. It's actually very boring and lonelier than you could ever imagine. — Frank Warren

Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks. — Frank Warren

Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world. — Frank Warren

There are days when I go to church just for the chance to maybe see her smile at me. — Frank Warren

Sometimes you don't realize you've crossed a line until you're on the other side and can't go back. — Frank Warren

I just invite people to share a secret with me. It's not like I'm a psychiatrist who's going to react to it or a priest who's going to give you something to do. When you let it go, there's kind of this void and I think people like that. — Frank Warren

I make you believe that I am racist ... so you wouldn't suspect that I had sex with your best friend. — Frank Warren

Someday I will have nothing left to lose. I can't wait. — Frank Warren

There are two kinds of secrets. The ones we keep from others and the ones we keep from ourselves. — Frank Warren

It's not God who doesn't care, it's us — Frank Warren

It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it. — Frank Warren

Gary Shaw says a lot of things without engaging his brain sometimes and it's a great shame, because he's not a bad chap actually. — Frank Warren

I needed to recognize those secrets I was keeping from myself- secrets I had buried long ago. I needed Post Secret just as much as the other people who were mailing me their secrets. — Frank Warren

My biggest regret is being naive enough in thinking that what happened is a big enough reason to miss out on each other's live. — Frank Warren

Trade your secrets and become who you are. — Frank Warren

Stop lying. There isn't enough time left. — Frank Warren

Secrets are the currency of intimacy — Frank Warren

Sometimes I think we keep secrets for the wrong reasons. If we could instead find that right person to talk to we might find that talking about an embarrassing story or admitting our frailty might lead to a more authentic relationship with others or ourselves. — Frank Warren

Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret, the secret is actually keeping us. — Frank Warren

The children almost broken by the world become the adults most likely to change it. — Frank Warren

The secrets I receive reflect the full spectrum of complicated issues that many of us struggle with every day: Intimacy, trust, meaning, humor, and desire. — Frank Warren

Please take comfort in knowing that, "Evertyhing was beautiful, and nothing hurt... — Frank Warren