Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
More H. Jackson Brown Jr. Quotes
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Live and learn and pass it on.
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Never give up on what you really want to do
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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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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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When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.
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When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
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Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass
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Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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Never underestimate your power to change yourself.
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Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers.
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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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Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
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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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