Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn’t write it down and sign it, don’t say it.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.
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The shortest way to get anywhere is to have good company.
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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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When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.
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Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
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No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
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Someone will always be looking at you as an example of how to behave. Don’t let him down.
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Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass
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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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If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.
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Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.
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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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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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