Life's Little Instructions

LIFE'S LITTLE INSTRUCTIONS
1. Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures.
2. Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come ninety percent of all your happiness or misery.
3. Use credit cards only for convenience, never for credit.
4. Take a brisk thirty-minute walk every day.
5. Never cheat.
6. Smile a lot. It costs nothing and is beyond price.
7. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
8. Respect your children’s privacy. Knock
before entering their rooms.
9. Remember other people’s names and their birthdays.
10. Leave the toilet seat in the down position.
11. Keep your watch five minutes fast.
12. Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
13. Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.
14. Be tough minded but tender hearted.
15. Strive for excellence, not perfection.
16. Avoid negative people.
17. Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
18. Give people a second chance, but not a third.
19. Don’t discuss business in elevators. You never know who may overhear you.
20. Plant a tree on your birthday.
21. Have a firm Handshake.
22. Look people in the eye.
23. Say “Thank You” a lot.
24. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.
25. Show respect for teachers