You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
STEPHEN COVEYLife is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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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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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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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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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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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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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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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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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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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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Being is seeing in the human dimension.
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You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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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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