| During my travels, I asked more than 500
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| | life.
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| students from across the country the
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| | * Solve your own problems through the
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| question, "What are the three most
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| | power of God.
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| important lessons that you've learned in
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| | * Knowledge is power.
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| life?" Below is a compilation of their
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| | * Never pray for something you can't
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| responses (all duplicate/similar answers
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| | handle.
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| were either combined or eliminated):
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| | * Respect your parents...your life will
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| * Put God first in all you do.
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| | be a lot easier.
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| * Be yourself.
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| | * Always respect yourself.
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| * Do unto others as you would have them
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| | * Do for yourself.
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| do unto you.
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| | * Think before you run (to or from it).
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| * Love yourself enough to love others.
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| | * Build a strong family.
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| * Measure your success by how many times
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| | * To thy ownself be true.
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| you refuse to give up.
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| | * Stay in prayer.
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| * Be thankful and grateful for what God
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| | * Be an example, not an excuse.
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| has given you.
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| | * It's much cheaper to borrow experience
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| * Set long-term and short-term goals for
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| | than to buy it (learn from other people's
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| your life.
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| | mistakes).
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| * A lie never dies...so don't give birth
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| | I must admit, it was surprising, as well
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| to one.
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| | as refreshing, to see that students are
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| * If you can't get excited about living,
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| | actually paying attention to what we say
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| you might as well be dead.
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| | and do. Contrary to popular opinion, our
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| * Follow your heart.
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| | work is not in vain.
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| * Have faith in your life because you're
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| | As the father, I can't begin to tell you
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| here for a purpose.
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| | how much I appreciated each student's
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| * Everything happens for a reason, and
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| | participation in this exercise. These are
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| everything will eventually work out.
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| | definitely lessons I would like to pass
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| * Stand behind your convictions (keep
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| | on to my son. I'm sure you would agree
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| your integrity).
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| | that we could all enrich our lives
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| * The best thing you can leave behind is
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| | tremendously if we just took action on
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| a good impression.
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| | only 25% of the lessons listed on this
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| * Choose your friends carefully.
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| | page.
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| * Value education, not only classroom
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| | I personally believe that the hardest
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| instruction, but life lessons as well.
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| | lesson in life is our failure to master
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| * Love the Lord with all your heart.
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| | the easy ones. When we fail to master the
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| * Speak up for yourself.
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| | easy ones [lessons], they soon become
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| * Build bridges...you never know when you
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| | hard ones. Don't you become a victim to
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| have to cross one.
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| | the easy lessons. Make sure all of your
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| * Have faith when you're in the valley of
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| | mistakes are new ones.
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