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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

Stephen Covey

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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Heart Important Mindset Preparation
The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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Discipline Freedom Passion Slave
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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Inspirational Life Motivational Myself
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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Inspirational Life Place Right Wrong
We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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Action Inspirational Life Motivational
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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Change Decision Ourselves
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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Inspirational Perseverance
Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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Family Kindness Relationship
Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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Company Motivational People Talent Yourself
You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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Flower Inspirational Water Yourself
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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Experience Kind Value Yourself
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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Character Children Heart Human Praise Recognition Understand Worth
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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Deep Inspirational Life Wisdom
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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Different Inspirational Love Life Ourselves
Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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Attitude Inspirational Ourselves Power
We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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Busy Deep Time
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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Important Integrity Loyal Present Trust
To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Change Inspirational Ourselves Perspective
If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.
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Business Inspirational Success
Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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Improvement Inspirational Integrity Relationship
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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Greatness Leadership Talk Yourself
Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?
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Apple Deep
Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
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Foundation Life Principle Relationship Trust
What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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Philosophy See Yourself
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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Best Motivational Patience People Time Trust
When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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Commitment Inspirational Integrity Motivational
As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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People Perspective Thinking

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