Don’t expect others to listen to your advice and ignore your example.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.I’ve learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible
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When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
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Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a positive and constructive one.
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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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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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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 friend is someone who knows you and loves you for what you were and who you are, and who also shares your hopes and dreams for who you can become.
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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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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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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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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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Keep a note pad and pencil on your bedside table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 A.M.
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Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
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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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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
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