Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
STEPHEN COVEYTo listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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Being is seeing in the human dimension.
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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.
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The deepest hunger of [a child’s] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.
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It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.
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The problems in life come when we’re sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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