You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
STEPHEN COVEYIt’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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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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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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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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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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If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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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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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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The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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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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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
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To achieve goals you’ve never achieved before, you need to start doing things you’ve never done before.
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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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Being is seeing in the human dimension.
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All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
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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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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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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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You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
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