Quotes by H. Brown, Jr.

• Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
• In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.
• If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
• If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
• I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
• Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
• Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
• Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
• Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
• Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
• Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
• We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.
• Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
• The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
• 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.
• Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.
• Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
• When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
• You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
• You can't hire someone to practice for you.
• Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
• You either make dust or eat dust.
• Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
• You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
• Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
• Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
• Luck marches with those who give their very best.
• Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
• Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
• Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
• 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.
• Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
• Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
• Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.