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Inspirational Quotations

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Inspirational Quotations by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (American Author)

Inspirational Quotations by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (American Author)

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. is an American author best known for his inspirational book, Life’s Little Instruction Book, which was a New York Times bestseller. Its sequel Life’s Little Instruction Book: Volume 2 also made it to the same best seller list in 1993.

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When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Marriage is an empty box. It remains empty unless you put in more than you take out.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Perform your job better than anyone else can. That’s the best job security I know.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Topics: Time, Procrastination, Goals, Trust, Morality, Morals

Be good to yourself. Be patient. Be kind.
Be forgiving. After all, you’re all you’ve got.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Never let a day go by without giving at least three people a compliment.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

When you tell the truth, you never have to worry about your lousy memory.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don’t wait for your ship to come in. Row out to meet it.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Topics: Action

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Topics: Forgiveness, Power, Love

When you’ve found another soul who see’s in to your own… take good care of each other… and remember to be kind.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

To teach is to learn again.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength, but through persistence.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Topics: Persistence, Strength, Obstacles

Read carefully anything that requires your signature. Remember the big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Topics: Advice, Reality

We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

There is never a wrong time to do the right thing.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The display of status symbols is usually a result of low self-esteem. The self-confident person can afford to project a modest image.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

All that mankind has ever learned is nothing more than
a single grain of sand on a beach that reaches to infinity.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

If your life is free of failures, you’re not taking enough risks.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Topics: Risk

There are no unimportant jobs, no unimportant people, no unimportant acts of kindness.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

When you judge others, you are revealing your own fears and prejudices.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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