H. Jackson Brown

Quotes

• “For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live ...”
• “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they'v...”
• “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts...”
• “Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.”
• “Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love prayer and forgiveness.”
• “Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.”
• “Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.”
• “You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.”
• “If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.”
• “Put a love note in his shaving kit before he leaves on a business trip.”
• “Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret.”
• “Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.”
• “In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.”
• “Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.”
• “Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.”
• “Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.”
• “Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.”
• “Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.”
• “See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.”
• “Never deprive someone of hope it might be all they have.”
• “Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.”
• “Never marry someone in hope that they'll change later.”
• “Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.”
• “Luck marches with those who give their very best.”
• “Watch your finances like a hawk.”