H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Birthplace: Middle, Tennessee, USA
Occupation: Author
Profile: Best known for
Life's Little Instruction Book.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Jackson_Brown,_Jr.
Number of Quotes: 124
A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven.
A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass.
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.
Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
As you climb the ladder of success, be sure it's leaning against the right building.
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.
Be brave. Even if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.
Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
Be tough minded but tenderhearted.
Become a tourist for a day in your own hometown. Take a tour. See the sights.
Become the kind of person who brightens a room just by entering it.
Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
Believe in miracles but don't depend on them.
Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
Commit yourself to constant improvement. Commit yourself to quality. Be persistent, persistent, persistent...and have a grateful heart!
Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head.
Don’t delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too.
Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mom proud.
Don't do business with anyone who has a history of suing people.
Don't expect others to listen to your advice and ignore your example.
Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Don't judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.
Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
Don't let him down.
In context of being an example.
Don't make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
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.
Don't think you can relax your way to happiness. Happiness comes as a result of doing.
Don't waste time learning the tricks of the trade.
Instead, learn the trade.
Don't waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.
Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.
Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.
Every once in a while, take the scenic route.
Follow the three R's: — Respect for self. — Respect for others. — Responsibility for all your actions.
Give people a second chance, but not a third.
Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
I've learned that being kind is more important than being right.
I've learned that education, experience, and memories are three things that no one can take away from you.
I've learned that it doesn't matter how your husband squeezes the toothpaste, the important thing is how he squeezes you.
If you kiss someone on the back of the neck, it spreads.
If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health, and love.
Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.
Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
Let your performance do the thinking.
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto.
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.
Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
Make allowances for your friends' imperfections as readily as you do for your own.
Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.
May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.
May your life be crowded with unexpected joys.
Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
Miracles happen everyday.
Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
Never forget the nine most important words of any family — I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me.
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it.
Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
Never underestimate your power to change yourself.
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.
Remember that a minute of anger denies you sixty seconds of happiness.
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness.
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.
Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
Remember that no time is ever wasted that makes two people better friends.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between I should
and I did.
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
Remember that what's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right.
Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.
Set aside your dreams for your children and help them attain their own dreams.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Spend your time and energy creating, not criticizing.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.
Swallowing angry words before you say them is better than having to eat them afterwards.
Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset.
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of
movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
Tape record your parents' laughter.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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.
Wear audacious underwear under the most solemn business attire.
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.
When tempted to criticize your parents, spouse, or children, bite your tongue.
When you can't change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.
When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
When you really like someone, tell them. Sometimes you only get one chance.
While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
Win without boasting, lose without excuses – internalize your failures and externalize your victories.
Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent.
You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.
You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a positive and constructive one.
Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.
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