Remember that just the moment you say, “I give up,” someone else seeing the same situation is saying, “My, what a great opportunity.”
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
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Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.
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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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Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.
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Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.
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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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Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.
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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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Live and learn and pass it on.
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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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Perform your job better than anyone else can. That’s the best job security I know.
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You can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you better know something.
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Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.
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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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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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