Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.
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First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?
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I began going to juvenile prisons. And some of these kids face some very, very tough lives. How do they handle these lives? Do they even know that if their life is bad, that they're still OK? Do they know that? Do they know that someone is thinking the same way that they're thinking?
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
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Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want your stream of thought uninterrupted.
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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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I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.
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I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life.
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Personally, I don't even read bummer news stories about the environment because it makes me feel helpless to fix anything and reminds me that the general population doesn't treat these issues as an important part of our political life.
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When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code, but a character.
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Every policy officer is sworn to protect life, and, under the most extreme circumstances, to take life. It is a staggering responsibility that requires officers to make split second decisions.
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Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
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Women have been such an important part of my life. I try, every day, to be a better father to my daughters and a better husband.
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In my next life, I'm going to be a rock star. I was a ballerina in my last life.
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All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of expression that it won't leave me groping around in uncertainty any more.
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You need to experience life to be able to write about friendships, relationships, and heartbreak.
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The Bible is the book of my life. It's the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by.
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Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.
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That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love.
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I can speak English. I can speak Hindi. I can understand one or two other languages.
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Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it.
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Nothing that you do in science is guaranteed to result in benefits for mankind. Any discovery, I believe, is morally neutral and it can be turned either to constructive ends or destructive ends. That's not the fault of science.
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A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.
