Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.I never expect to lose. Even when I’m the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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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 no time is ever wasted that makes two people better friends.
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Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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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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Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.
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Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.
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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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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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Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
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Perform your job better than anyone else can. That’s the best job security I know.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
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Judge your success by the degree that you’re enjoying peace, health, and love.
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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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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 everyone is influenced by kindness.
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Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.
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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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Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.
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Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head.
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Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.
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A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.
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Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.
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Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.
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