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 People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them
Benjamin Franklin said it first.  
 People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them
Benjamin Franklin said it first. 
 Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way,
surrounded by your family. Nurture their read more 
 Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way,
surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that
your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten
when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And
even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have
a loving family, you are a success. 
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.
The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed read more
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. - 1963.
 One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of read more 
 One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way
they go. 
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that read more
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
The best thing you can do is get good at being you.
The best thing you can do is get good at being you.
Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty.