H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
An American author best-known for his book Life's Little Instruction Book which was a New York Times bestseller.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
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Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
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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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Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
[Work]
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
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I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
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If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
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In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.
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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
[Perseverance]
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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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Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.
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Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
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Luck marches with those who give their very best.
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
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Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
[Faith]
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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
[Opportunity]
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Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
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