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#1. Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.

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#2. Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

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#3. There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?

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#4. Compliment three people every day.

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#5. Don't waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.

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#6. Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

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#7. At the end of your days, be leaning forwards, not falling backwards.

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#8. Luck marches with those who give their very best.

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#9. Never forget the nine most important words of any family-
I love you.
You are beautiful.
Please forgive me.

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#10. Read a lot when you're on vacation, but nothing that has to do with your business.

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#11. You can't hide broccoli in your glass of milk.

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#12. Every once in a while, take the scenic route.

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#13. Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.

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#14. Don't be called out on strikes. Go down swinging.

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#15. 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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#16. Have a grateful heart to be happy.

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#17. It's not your job to get people to like you, it's your job to like people.

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#18. Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.

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#19. Never deprive someone of hope it may be all they have

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#20. A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.

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#21. Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

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#22. If you need to bring in a business partner, make sure your partner brings along some money.

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#23. When you can't change the direction of the wind - adjust your sails

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#24. Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eyes

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#25. Marry a woman you love to talk to. As you get older, her conversational skills will be as important as any other. 658

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#26. When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.

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#27. Celebrate even small victories.

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#28. #1425: When you really like someone, tell them. Sometimes you only get one chance.

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#29. Remember that a good example is the best sermon.

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#30. Be quick to take advantage of an advantage.

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#31. While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.

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#32. Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a positive and constructive one.

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#33. When complimented, a sincere "thank you" is the only response required.

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#34. Become the kind of person who brightens a room just by entering it.

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#35. Love your work, then you will find pleasure in mastering it.

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#36. Be tough minded but tenderhearted.

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#37. Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.

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#38. Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

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#39. Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.

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#40. Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent.

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#41. Don't expect others to listen to your advice and ignore your example.

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#42. Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.

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#43. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon

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#44. Inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

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#45. Young love is wild and outrageous, laughing at moderation and blinding us to common sense.

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#46. We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

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#47. Practice empathy. Try to see things from other people's points of view.

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#48. Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some new best friends.

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#49. Don't delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too. Success comes to the one who acts first.

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#50. Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.

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#51. Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

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#52. 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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#53. After you've work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it.

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#54. Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

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#55. Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.

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#56. Ask someone you'd like to know to list five people they would most like to meet. It will tell you a lot about them.

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#57. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.

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#58. Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.

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#59. May your dreams defy the laws of gravity.

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#60. Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.

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#61. Give children toys that are powered by their imagination, not by batteries.

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#62. When you're feeling terrific, notify your face.

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#63. All that mankind has ever learned is nothing more than a single grain of sand on a beach that reaches to infinity.

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#64. If you kiss someone on the back of the neck, it spreads.

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#65. If you were to sell your character, would you get full retail or would it go for a bargain-basement price?

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#66. Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

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#67. Hire people more for their judgment than for their talents.

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#68. While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.

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#69. Never be ashamed of honest tears.

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#70. Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass.

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#71. Pride makes us do things well. But it is love that makes us do them to perfection.

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#72. Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.

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#73. Perform your job better than anyone else can. That's the best job security I know.

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#74. Wear audacious underwear under the most solemn business attire.

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#75. No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.

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#76. Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.

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#77. Live and learn and pass it on.

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#78. If you want to do something and you feel in your bones that it's the right thing to do, do it. Intuition is often as important as the facts. 663

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#79. Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset.

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#80. Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

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#81. #1487: Hug a cow.

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#82. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

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#83. You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up up them.

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#84. 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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#85. When there's a piano to be moved, don't reach for the stool.

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#86. No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.

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#87. I've learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible

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#88. When you hear a kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so.

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#89. When you're lost, admit it, and ask for directions.

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#90. When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

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#91. Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.

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#92. When you invite trouble, it's usually quick to accept.

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#93. Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.

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#94. Lie on your back and look at the stars.

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#95. Never be ashamed of your patriotism.

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#96. May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.

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#97. When starting out, don't worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.

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#98. I've learned that moving away from my closest friends was much, much harder to do than I ever thought it would be.

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#99. You can't hire someone to practice for you.

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#100. You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.

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