Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
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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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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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Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between ‘I should’ and ‘I did.’
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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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If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.
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Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
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Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night’s sleep.
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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
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After you’ve work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it.
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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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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
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Improve your performance by improving your attitude.
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May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.
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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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I never expect to lose. Even when I’m the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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Grind it out. Hanging on just one second longer than your competition makes you the winner.
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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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Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.
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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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Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right.
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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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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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No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.
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