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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.

Stephen Covey

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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Commitment Inspirational Integrity Motivational
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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Character Children Heart Human Praise Recognition Understand Worth
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
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Burn Inspirational Motivational Success
Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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Improvement Inspirational Integrity Relationship
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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Focus Important Motivational Yourself
Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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Right Wonder Yourself
Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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Future Important Inspirational
Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.
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Heart Important Mindset Preparation
I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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Boundary People Teaching Treat
To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Change Inspirational Ourselves Perspective
Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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Family Kindness Relationship
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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Change Decision Ourselves
There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world – no matter how large or small our circle of influence.
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Compassion Difference Ourselves Service
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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Greatness Leadership Talk Yourself
To achieve goals you’ve never achieved before, you need to start doing things you’ve never done before.
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Achievement Change Goal Inspirational Need
Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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Contribution Life

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