Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world.
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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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Grief is a terrible, painful place. You can't grind away on grief in a solid way and say, 'I'm going to work on this until it's over' because it will be with you for the rest of your life, whatever you do. So, you deal with it and move on.
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These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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Unbeing dead isn't being alive.
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Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.
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Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll.
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Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
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As you get older, you see the world at a different angle, maybe more cynically, but I just bury my anger.
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That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
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It's hard to strike that balance: to tell a kid that life isn't fair, but also recognize and enforce in them the reality that their choices matter.
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Wherever I go I make others feel good, and by doing this, I create life. I am a sting, and a dangerous instrument!
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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Latinos been a part of hip-hop culture and every other culture; we've been influential in every aspect of life.
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Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq is the struggle for the future of the world.
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This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to be, and start talking and working with whom you are not. Find common values and build with fellow citizens a society based on diversity and equality.
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Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent.
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There's more to life than listening to rock music.
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The greatest evil is physical pain.
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Scientifically speaking, an overweight person is more attractive than a skinny one. Newton's Law of Gravitation.
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The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates spoke and basically at commencement, he told us all that our job after graduation was to get married and have interesting sons...and we all found that hard to believe.
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Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.
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The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world.
