When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
STEPHEN COVEYWe develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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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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Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen.
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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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To achieve goals you’ve never achieved before, you need to start doing things you’ve never done before.
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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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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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How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
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He who has a why can deal with any what or how.
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?
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Being is seeing in the human dimension.
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Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.
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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
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