Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that's how I feel.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody's interested in the story. Happiness is happiness.
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The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.
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I am certainly not a good Muslim. But I am able now to say that I am Muslim; in fact it is a source of happiness to say that I am now inside, and a part of the community whose values have always been closest to my heart.
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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
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With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.
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One can make no better investment than the cultivation of a taste for the beautiful, for it will bring rainbow hues and enduring joys to the whole life. It will not only greatly increase one's capacity for happiness, but also one's efficiency.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
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Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about a variety of things.
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He was feeling things out at the beginning of training camp and as things went on, you really saw the ability for him to play the game at this level.
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Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.
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Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late'.
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God's willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children, just as far as God's ability, goodness and perfection exceed our infirmities and evil.
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Freedom for me is the sacred right to think ... education is the fundamental part for social happiness: it is the principle on which liberty rests, and the growth of all towns.
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Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection.
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Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.
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I say 'here's the thing' a lot, both to alert people that I'm about to say something important and to give myself a moment to figure out what that important thing might be, because my head is so often completely empty.
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Hope makes people good, a lot of the time. You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed.
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Death to the imperialist! Return Kuwait to its homeland.
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Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
