Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers.
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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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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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After you’ve work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it.
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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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Live and learn and pass it on.
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Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.
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Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass
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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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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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May your life be crowded with unexpected joys.
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Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.
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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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Don’t expect others to listen to your advice and ignore your example.
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Be the first to say, “Hello”.
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Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.
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