A friend is someone who knows you and loves you for what you were and who you are, and who also shares your hopes and dreams for who you can become.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
More H. Jackson Brown Jr. Quotes
-
-
Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Live and learn and pass it on.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Get your priorities straight. No one ever said on his death bed, ‘Gee, if I’d only spent more time at the office.’
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
It’s not your job to get people to like you, it’s your job to like people.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
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.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. -
Strive for excellence, not perfection.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.