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.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Become someone’s hero.
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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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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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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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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
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Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers.
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Perform your job better than anyone else can. That’s the best job security I know.
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People who accomplish big things did small things well.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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Believe in miracles but don’t depend on them.
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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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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.
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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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Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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