Leadership is a choice, not a position.
STEPHEN COVEYYou can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
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You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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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 of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
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Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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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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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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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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The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
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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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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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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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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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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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Being is seeing in the human dimension.
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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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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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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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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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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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