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.Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.
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Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.
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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
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Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
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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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Grind it out. Hanging on just one second longer than your competition makes you the winner.
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Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.
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Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.
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Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
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Perform your job better than anyone else can. That’s the best job security I know.
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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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Become the kind of person who brightens a room just by entering it.
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Never underestimate your power to change yourself.
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Keep a note pad and pencil on your bedside table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 A.M.
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May your life be crowded with unexpected joys.
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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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Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness.
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Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between ‘I should’ and ‘I did.’
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No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
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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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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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Never give up on what you really want to do
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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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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