H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes

United States, Author
1940

Harriett Jackson Brown Jr. is an American author best known for his inspirational book, Life's Little Instruction Book, which was a New York Times bestseller (1991–1994). Its sequel Life's Little Instruction Book: Volume 2 also made it to the same best seller list in 1993.

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Ask someone you'd like to know to list five people they would most like to meet. It will tell you a lot about them.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- People
Commit yourself to constant improvement. Commit yourself to quality. Be persistent, persistent, persistent...and have a grateful heart!

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Remember that just the moment you say, "I give up," someone else seeing the same situation is saying, "My, what a great opportunity."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Up
- Great
- Remember
Don't delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too. Success comes to the one who acts first.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Good
- Success
Win without boasting, lose without excuses - internalize your failures and externalize your victories.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Excuses
Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Time
- Mother
If you are angry, why not try this. Write a letter. Pour out all of your feelings, describe your anger and disappointment. Don't hold anything back. Then put the letter in a drawer. After two days, take it out and read it. Do you still want to send it? I've found that anger and pie crusts soften after two days.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Why
- Angry
- Disappointment