Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
STEPHEN COVEYPeople 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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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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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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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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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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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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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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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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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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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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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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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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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
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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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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.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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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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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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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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Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
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