Harriett Jackson Brown Jr. is an American author best known for his inspirational book, Life's Little Instruction Book, which was a New York Times bestseller. Its sequel Life's Little Instruction Book: Volume 2 also made it to the same best seller list in 1993.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

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

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion.

Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.