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Never mistake activity for achievement.

John Wooden

Friendship is two-sided. It isn’t a friend just because someone’s doing something nice for you. That’s a nice person. There’s friendship when you do for each other. It’s like marriage – it’s two-sided.
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Friendship Marriage Nice Person
I’m not afraid to die.
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Afraid Die Fear One Liner
Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
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Ability Man One Liner Poor Wealth
Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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Character Concern Reputation Thinking
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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Ability Character Success
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
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Advice Inspirational Interfere
I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I’m going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
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Goodness Thankful Want
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Fame God Humble Man Talent
I think you have to be what you are. Don’t try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
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Be Yourself Time Try
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
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Ability Accomplishment Measure Success
The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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Children Father Love Mother
The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
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Explanation Imitation Law Learning
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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Ability Character Success
I don’t believe in praying to win.
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Basketball Believe Pray Win
Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
JOHN WOODEN

Dictionary Hate Important Love Remove World
Young people need models, not critics.
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Criticism Model Need One Liner People Young

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