Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

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Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

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

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Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely.

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If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

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One of the best ways to measure people is how they behave when something free is offered.

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

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Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

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