Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Get your priorities straight. No one ever said on his death bed, ‘Gee, if I’d only spent more time at the office.’
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The shortest way to get anywhere is to have good company.
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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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Watch for big problems. They disguise big opportunities.
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May your life be crowded with unexpected joys.
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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.
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Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
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Read carefully anything that requires your signature. Remember the big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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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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Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.
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No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
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Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
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After you’ve work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it.
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Don’t judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
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Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right.
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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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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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Become someone’s hero.
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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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Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
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Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
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