It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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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The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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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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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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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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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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The problems in life come when we’re sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
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Begin with the end in mind.
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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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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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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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One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.
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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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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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