If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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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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Be the first to say, “Hello”.
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The shortest way to get anywhere is to have good company.
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Perform your job better than anyone else can. That’s the best job security I know.
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
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You can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you better know something.
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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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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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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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Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.
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No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.
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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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Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
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