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Stephen Covey

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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Feeling Impossible Intelligence Motivational People Reason Thinking
Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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Improvement Inspirational Integrity Relationship
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
The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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Discipline Freedom Passion Slave
To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Change Inspirational Ourselves Perspective
The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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Inspirational Life Yourself
You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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Change Deep Yourself
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
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
Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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Change Emotional Motivational Philosophy
Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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Future Important Inspirational
You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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Flower Inspirational Water Yourself
Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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Bury Teamwork
We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Challenge Character Development
All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
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Agreement Break Up Relationship
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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Focus Important Motivational Yourself
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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Business Expectation Forgiveness Freedom Hate Heart
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
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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Ourselves See World
Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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Family Kindness Relationship
The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.
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Dedication Learning Life Success
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
Most 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.
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Action Hands Inspirational Leadership Motivational
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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Character Commitment Inspirational Judgement Light Problem
Internal victories precede external victories.
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Success Victory
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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Burn Inspirational Motivational Success

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