When you hug someone, never be the first to let go.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.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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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
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When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
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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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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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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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Believe in miracles but don’t depend on them.
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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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Judge your success by the degree that you’re enjoying peace, health, and love.
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It’s not your job to get people to like you, it’s your job to like people.
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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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You can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you better know 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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No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
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