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.
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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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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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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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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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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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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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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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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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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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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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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Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.
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It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.
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It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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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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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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