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

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

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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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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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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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Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.

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Problems are inevitable. Misery is a choice.

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

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