Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.
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Do we mean love, when we say love?
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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The disappearance of the Jewish state will not mean the disappearance of anti-Semitism.
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Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
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Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
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I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid.
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The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.
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That's the era we grew up in. It's weak to go to a psychiatrist.
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A family may be ruined by extravagance, but it is not always through ruin that the representatives in a family are to be found in humble or comparatively humble circumstances, but that the junior members of a gentle family went into trade.
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Now my poor hometown is being castigated as the center of an IRS scandal. Humble workers at the Cincinnati office targeted Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations for special scrutiny when those groups applied for tax-exempt status. There's no conceivable excuse for that. It was deeply, deeply wrong.
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There's no job that will humble you like the White House press secretary job.
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I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing.
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The Holy Quran enjoins us to reflect on the verities of Allah’s created laws of nature; however, that our generation has been privileged to glimpse a part of His design is a bounty and a grace for which I render thanks with a humble heart.
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I love the idea of living a life that is completely humble and quiet.
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I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.
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We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.
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I, sir, I just like to work. I'm humble.
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The church can challenge society, but society also challenges the church. That's good. We should be humble enough to be able to accept that.
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I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.
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I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.
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In 'There's Something About Mary' and 'Dumb & Dumber,' I ended up improvising quite a bit of my scenes, and later I didn't even remember what I'd said because I just winged it. When I went and saw the movie, I was as stunned as everyone else was.
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There are seven natural openings in the head and body. A lawyer is the only human being with eight. The extra one is a slot to store money in, should his bank be unable to hold all of it.
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Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own American dream of prosperity.
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Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.
