H. Jackson Brown, Jr. quote: "Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways."

You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refu...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Young love is wild and outrageous, laughing at moderation and blinding us to common sense.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the one...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were gi...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your roa...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Let your performance do the thinking.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

More look up and admire the stars. A champion climbs a mountain and grabs one.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

If your life is free of failures, you're not taking enough risks.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were gi...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Luck marches with those who give their very best
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of doll...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

When you're feeling terrific, notify your face.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins--not through strength b...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to critic...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your ...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every mor...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the on...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Watch your finances like a hawk.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Put a love note in his shaving kit before he leaves on a business trip.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possi...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiv...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Di...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

You either make dust or eat dust.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your l...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

The best performance improvement is the transition from the non-working state to the working state.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Every once in a while, take the scenic route.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were gi...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you n...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the truest type of love...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

#1487: Hug a cow.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happi...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principle...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which gave it birth a book is dead to ...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Let your performance do the thinking.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your l...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

You either make dust or eat dust.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Luck marches with those who give their very best
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiv...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someo...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you n...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the o...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Never forget the nine most important words of any family-

I love you.
You are beauti...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of doll...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.'
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as you...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

The 3 most powerful resources you have available to you : love, prayer and forgiveness.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength b...
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yoursel...
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Tell your wife often how terrific she looks.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

#1425: When you really like someone, tell them. Sometimes you only get one chance.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
H. JACKSON BROWN

A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of doll...
H. JACKSON BROWN

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were gi...
H. JACKSON BROWN

Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.
JACKSON BROWN

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.
ROBERT H. JACKSON

It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the func...
ROBERT H. JACKSON

We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.
ROBERT H. JACKSON

When the [Supreme] Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably ...
ROBERT H. JACKSON

We are not unaware that we are not final because we are infallible; we know that we are infallible o...
ROBERT H. JACKSON

In our country are evangelists and zealots of many different political, economic and religious persu...
ROBERT H. JACKSON

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion.
ROBERT H. JACKSON

In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille.
ROBERT H. JACKSON

We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which...
ROBERT H. JACKSON

Just remember, the difference between being good versus being great is just a few points, inches, or...
BRUCE H. JACKSON

Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end thought essential to their time a...
ROBERT H. JACKSON

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of f...
ROBERT H. JACKSON

Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

USC has really developed my love for the cinema.
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

This entire cast, N.W.A, was an all-star group, and I really feel like people are going to look at &...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if the...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

It's always extremities when you are a young black male dealing with law enforcement.
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

I want to pursue a career in film.
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

The trials my father went through were things most young black males have to go through. There was n...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

Ice Cube's the coolest dad. A lot of parents - a lot of kids do not think their parents are cool...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

I want more movies like 'Straight Outta Compton.' Showing our stories of triumph, we'll ...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

The stress and turmoil that my father had to go through at a young age to make sure that I didn'...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

Our trials and our times of pain get the most recognition, but 'Straight Outta Compton' spea...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

Have confidence in everything. No matter what it is that you're doing, know that you can do it b...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

Being on set with my dad - that's so cool. People always ask me if that made me nervous, but it&...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR.

Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade." Instead, learn the trade.
JAMES CHARLTON AND H. JACKSON BROWN

To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This i...
H. RAP BROWN

Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance wit...
H. RAP BROWN

The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you b...
H. RAP BROWN

If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
H. RAP BROWN

One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's...
H. RAP BROWN

See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
H. RAP BROWN

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
H. RAP BROWN

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
H. RAP BROWN

When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
H. RAP BROWN

In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed peopl...
H. RAP BROWN

You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize.
H. RAP BROWN

We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed.
H. RAP BROWN

But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did ...
H. RAP BROWN

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
H. RAP BROWN

Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions.
H. RAP BROWN

The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, h...
H. RAP BROWN

And understand: class differences will not save you.
H. RAP BROWN

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a littl...
H. RAP BROWN

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

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