If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
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Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
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The shortest way to get anywhere is to have good company.
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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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Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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Believe in miracles but don’t depend on them.
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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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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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Make a list of twenty-five things you want to experience before you die. Carry it in your wallet or purse and refer to it often.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
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Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.
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