We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
STEPHEN COVEYEach of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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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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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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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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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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It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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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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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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Begin with the end in mind.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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