Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.
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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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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
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Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
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Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
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Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.
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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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Don’t judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.
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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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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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Become the kind of person who brightens a room just by entering it.
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When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
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Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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Don’t expect others to listen to your advice and ignore your example.
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