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• Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
• Memorize your favorite poem.
• Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or loaf all you want.
• When you say, "I love you," mean it.
• When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.
• Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
• Believe in love at first sight.
• Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
• Love deeply and passionately. You may get hurt, but it's the only way to live life completely.
• In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.  
• Don't judge people by their relatives, or by the life they were born into.
• Teach yourself to speak slowly but think quickly.  
• When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want know?"
• Take into account that great love and great achievement involve great risk.
• Call your mother.
• Say, "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
• When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
• Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions.
• Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
• When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
• Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
• Marry a person you love to talk to. As you get older, his/her conversational skills  will be even more important.
• Spend some time alone.
• Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
• Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.  
• Read more books. Television is no substitute.
• Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
• Trust in God but lock your car.
• A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. Do all you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home.
• In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
• Don't just listen to what someone is saying. Listen to why they are saying it.
• Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
• Be gentle with the earth.
• Pray or meditate. There's immeasurable power in it.  
• Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
• Mind your own business.
• Don't trust anyone who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss.
• Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.  
• If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. It is wealth's greatest satisfaction.
• Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
• Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
• Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
• Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
• Live with the knowledge that your character is your destiny.
• Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

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