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Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily.

Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily.

Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Zig Ziglar
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1926 to 2012; Wikidata Q373830, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373830 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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