When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.
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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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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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While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
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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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No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
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After you’ve work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it.
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A friend is someone who knows you and loves you for what you were and who you are, and who also shares your hopes and dreams for who you can become.
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Perform your job better than anyone else can. That’s the best job security I know.
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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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Someone will always be looking at you as an example of how to behave. Don’t let him down.
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No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.
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Strive for excellence, not perfection.
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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness.
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