Strive for excellence, not perfection.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.
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Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a positive and constructive one.
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Judge your success by the degree that you’re enjoying peace, health, and love.
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No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
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Be the first to say, “Hello”.
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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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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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Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.
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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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Live and learn and pass it on.
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Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some new best friends.
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Believe in miracles but don’t depend on them.
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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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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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
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Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
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