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H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Biography

Harriett 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 (1991–1994). Its sequel Life's Little Instruction Book: Volume 2 also made it to the same best seller list in 1993.

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Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.

Boat, Bottom, Opportunity, Safe, Security, Time

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

Chance, Give, Life Lesson, People, Second Chance

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

Business, Life, Track, Tracks, Wagons

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

Dime, Dimes, Funny, Money, Screwdriver, Used

Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to the things that give you trouble.

Attention, Give, Giving, Life, Positive Thinking, Things

People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Fulfilment, Happiness, Happy, Mean, Roads

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

Down, Strikes, Swinging

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.

Given, Inspirational, Life, Mother, Motivational, Time

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

Back, Kissing, Neck, Necks, Spread, Spreads

Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

Great Love, Lesson, Luck, Responsibility, Self

Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret.

Asks, Older, Person, Persons, Regret

Live and learn and pass it on.

Learn, Live, Live And Learn, Pass

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion

Cactus, Place, Starting, Starting Point

Believe in miracles but don't depend on them. When you hear kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so. Spoil your spouse, not your children. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.

Children, Depend, Fun, Inspirational, Motivational, Spoil

Never laugh at anyone's dreams.

Dream, Dreams, Laugh, Laughing, Life Lesson

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

Job, Jobs, Life Lesson, Like, People

Never underestimate your power to change yourself.

Change, Change Yourself, Power, Power To Change, Underestimate

Be kinder than necessary.

Kinder, Life Lesson, Necessary

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.

Broken, English, Fun, Language, Mean, Speaks

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

Earned, Leisure, Motivational, Seldom, Work

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