Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
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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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Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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Believe in miracles but don’t depend on them.
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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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No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.
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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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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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Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some new best friends.
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The shortest way to get anywhere is to have good company.
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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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Strive for excellence, not perfection.
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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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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.
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Don’t judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.
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