Regardless of the situation, react with class.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Watch for big problems. They disguise big opportunities.
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Don’t burn bridges. You’ll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.
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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
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When you hug someone, never be the first to let go.
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Never underestimate your power to change yourself.
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Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.
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Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some new best friends.
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Make a list of twenty-five things you want to experience before you die. Carry it in your wallet or purse and refer to it often.
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Believe in miracles but don’t depend on them.
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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece – by thought, choice, courage, and determination.
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Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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Improve your performance by improving your attitude.
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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
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Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
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Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn’t write it down and sign it, don’t say it.
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Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
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Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers.
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Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
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Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.
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Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.
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Remember that just the moment you say, “I give up,” someone else seeing the same situation is saying, “My, what a great opportunity.”
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Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.
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Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness.
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Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
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