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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

1940-2021 ,  American self-help writer
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.American author who wrote a very successful book, Life's Little Instruction Book, which was a New York Times bestseller (1991–1994).

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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health, and love.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

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

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

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

Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

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

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.

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

When you can’t change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails.

Don't do business with anyone who has a history of suing people.

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

Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

As you climb the ladder of success, be sure it's leaning against the right building.

Don't waste time learning the “tricks of the trade.” Instead, learn the trade.

Every once in a while, take the scenic route.

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

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.

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, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mom proud.

Believe in miracles but don't depend on them.

Don't judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.

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

In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Give people a second chance, but not a third.


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