Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Perform your job better than anyone else can. That’s the best job security I know.
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Don’t judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.
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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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Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.
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Become someone’s hero.
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Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
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When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.
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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 everyone is influenced by kindness.
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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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Improve your performance by improving your attitude.
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Be the first to say, “Hello”.
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Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.
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Never underestimate your power to change yourself.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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Never give up on what you really want to do
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Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.
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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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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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Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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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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May your life be crowded with unexpected joys.
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Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn’t write it down and sign it, don’t say it.
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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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