We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
STEPHEN COVEYBefore you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
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One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
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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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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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Internal victories precede external victories.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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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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Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
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