H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

When declaring your rights, don't forget your responsibilities.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

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.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.

Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

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.

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

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.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.

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.

Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.

May your life be crowded with unexpected joys.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.