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Earn the right to be proud and confident.

John Wooden

Friendship is two-sided. It isn’t a friend just because someone’s doing something nice for you. That’s a nice person. There’s friendship when you do for each other. It’s like marriage – it’s two-sided.
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Friendship Marriage Nice Person
No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
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Honesty Perfection Reality
Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
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Ability Man One Liner Poor Wealth
If I am through learning, I am through.
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Inspirational Learning One Liner
Make each day your masterpiece.
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Inspirational Life Masterpiece Morning One Liner
Be prepared and be honest.
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Honesty One Liner Preparation
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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Book Old Reading Worse
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
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Decision Inspirational People
Teaching players during practices was what coaching was all about to me.
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Coach Player Practice Teaching
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
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Future Profession Society Teacher
I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I’m going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
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Goodness Thankful Want
What is right is more important than who is right.
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Important Justice Right
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Fame God Humble Man Talent
Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That’s in your power.
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Cease Encouragement Motivational Power
Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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Character Concern Reputation Thinking
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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Character Concern Reputation

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