Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
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Don’t judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.
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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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Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.
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Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.
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People who accomplish big things did small things well.
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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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After you’ve work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it.
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Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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Live and learn and pass it on.
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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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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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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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