John Hawkins

Quotes by John Hawkins

• Is there shame in living off your fellow man or being unable to take care ofyourself? You bet. But a person who's willing to work and pay their own waycan at least take pride in that even if they can't take pride in anything else.

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• The key thing to keep in mind is that people do change, but they do it in their own time, for their own reasons. That's why you can hope for change, you can encourage change, you can communicate that you want change, but there are never any guarantees that it will happen.

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• I love you, I was wrong, and I apologize are powerful words. They can save marriages, deepen friendships, and change lives. Don't be afraid to use them.

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• I used to love the saying, 'If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.' It sounds great, right?The only problem is that, as it turns out, it's not even remotely true.Worse yet, it encourages people to passively wait for someone else to give them a break. Most people who do that will grow old waiting for someone to come along and recognize their genius.

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• You're going to spend your life doing something you might as well pay the price to get what you want.

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• If success were easy, everybody would do it. Because it's not, you have the opportunity to distinguish yourself by solving problems. The more problems you solve, the more success you'll have in life.Then, once you're successful, you won't have any more problems, right? Wrong. But if you're lucky, you'll have a better class of problems.

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• Rarely is success an accident, but when it is, rarely does it last.

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• Wearing a $1,000 suit and driving a Ferrari may be better than riding around in a beaten-uppickup truck, but when it's all said and done, it'll be the experiences you remember, not the stuff.

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• I used to love the saying, 'If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.' It sounds great, right?The only problem is that, as it turns out, it's not even remotely true.Worse yet, it encourages people to passively wait for someone else to give them a break. Most people who do that will grow old waiting for someone to come along and recognize their genius.

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• Rarely is success an accident, but when it is, rarely does it last.

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• If success were easy, everybody would do it. Because it's not, you have the opportunity to distinguish yourself by solving problems. The more problems you solve, the more success you'll have in life.Then, once you're successful, you won't have any more problems, right? Wrong. But if you're lucky, you'll have a better class of problems.

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• You're going to spend your life doing something you might as well pay the price to get what you want.

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• The key thing to keep in mind is that people do change, but they do it in their own time, for their own reasons. That's why you can hope for change, you can encourage change, you can communicate that you want change, but there are never any guarantees that it will happen.

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• I love you, I was wrong, and I apologize are powerful words. They can save marriages, deepen friendships, and change lives. Don't be afraid to use them.

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• Is there shame in living off your fellow man or being unable to take care ofyourself? You bet. But a person who's willing to work and pay their own waycan at least take pride in that even if they can't take pride in anything else.

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• Wearing a $1,000 suit and driving a Ferrari may be better than riding around in a beaten-uppickup truck, but when it's all said and done, it'll be the experiences you remember, not the stuff.

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• Like all citizens, Ms. McNeill has the right to be free from unlawful employment practices such as sex discrimination and retaliation.

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• The men have long been unpaid and need relief.

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