H. Jackson Brown Jr.
American author of Life's Little Instruction Book
22 quotes.
Quotes by H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.
- 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 waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.
- 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.
- Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece – by thought, choice, courage, and determination.
- In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
- Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
- Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
- Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
- Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
- May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.
- Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
- 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.
- Pride makes us do things well. But it is love that makes us do them to perfection.
- 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.
- Remember that what's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right.
- Strive for excellence, not perfection.
- Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a positive and constructive one.
- Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things 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.