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.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.After you’ve work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it.
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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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Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
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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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While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
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Strive for excellence, not perfection.
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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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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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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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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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Regardless of the situation, react with class.
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Don’t burn bridges. You’ll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.
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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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If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.
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Become the kind of person who brightens a room just by entering it.
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