When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.People who accomplish big things did small things well.
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Improve your performance by improving your attitude.
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Judge your success by the degree that you’re enjoying peace, health, and love.
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After you’ve work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it.
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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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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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May your life be crowded with unexpected joys.
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Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.
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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 modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
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When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.
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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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Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
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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.
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I’ve learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible
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Remember that just the moment you say, “I give up,” someone else seeing the same situation is saying, “My, what a great opportunity.”
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