Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a positive and constructive one.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.I’ve learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible
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Strive for excellence, not perfection.
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Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.
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May your life be crowded with unexpected joys.
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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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Never give up on what you really want to do
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When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness.
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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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Never underestimate your power to change yourself.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.
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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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Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night’s sleep.
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
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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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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
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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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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.
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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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Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
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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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I’ve learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible
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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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Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.
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