Nobody says you must laugh, but a sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the day.

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It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

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In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

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Imagine you had a bank that each morning credited your account with $1,440 - with one condition: whatever part of the $1,440 you failed to use during the day would be erased from your account, and no balance would be carried over. What would you do? You'd draw out every cent every day and use it to your best advantage. Well, you do have such a bank, and its name is time. Every morning, this bank credits you with 1,440 minutes. And it writes off as forever lost whatever portion you have failed to invest to good purpose.

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The real trick is to stay alive as long as you live.

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Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

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When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

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Being interested is more important than being interesting.

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Never let an opportunity pass to give a well-deserved compliment.

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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

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