A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.May your life be crowded with unexpected joys.
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Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.
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Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.
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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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Become someone’s hero.
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Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness.
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Never give up on what you really want to do
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Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night’s sleep.
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Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers.
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Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
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Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
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Watch for big problems. They disguise big opportunities.
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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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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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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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