You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
STEPHEN COVEYImprove relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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Free your heart from hatred – forgive. Free your mind from worries – most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?
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All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
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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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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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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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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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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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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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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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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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