Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers.
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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If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.
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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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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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Remember that no time is ever wasted that makes two people better friends.
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Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn’t write it down and sign it, don’t say it.
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It’s not your job to get people to like you, it’s your job to like people.
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Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.
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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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Become the kind of person who brightens a room just by entering it.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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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.
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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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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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Be the first to say, “Hello”.
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You can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you better know something.
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