You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
STEPHEN COVEYYou have to water the flowers you want to grow.
STEPHEN COVEYThere 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 COVEYYou always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
STEPHEN COVEYMotivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
STEPHEN COVEYAlmost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
STEPHEN COVEYDon’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
STEPHEN COVEYWhat you do has far greater impact than what you say.
STEPHEN COVEYSeek to understand before you seek to be understood.
STEPHEN COVEYMost leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.
STEPHEN COVEYWhen 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.
STEPHEN COVEYThe problems in life come when we’re sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
STEPHEN COVEYMost people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
STEPHEN COVEYYou can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
STEPHEN COVEYWe are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
STEPHEN COVEYTo change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
STEPHEN COVEYI teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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