Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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Grind it out. Hanging on just one second longer than your competition makes you the winner.
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Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
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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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Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.
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Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head.
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Keep a note pad and pencil on your bedside table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 A.M.
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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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No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.
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Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
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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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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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The shortest way to get anywhere is to have good company.
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Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.
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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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When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.
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