A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.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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Strive for excellence, not perfection.
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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
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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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People who accomplish big things did small things well.
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Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between ‘I should’ and ‘I did.’
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Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness.
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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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Don’t expect others to listen to your advice and ignore your example.
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Never underestimate your power to change yourself.
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Grind it out. Hanging on just one second longer than your competition makes you the winner.
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The shortest way to get anywhere is to have good company.
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Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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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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I never expect to lose. Even when I’m the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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