Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
STEPHEN COVEYAll broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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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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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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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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Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?
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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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Internal victories precede external victories.
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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
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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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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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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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Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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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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It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.
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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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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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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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Being is seeing in the human dimension.
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The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
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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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