Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Keep a note pad and pencil on your bedside table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 A.M.
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While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
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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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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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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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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
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Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
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Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between ‘I should’ and ‘I did.’
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Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
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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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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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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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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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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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