Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

While I believe in the power of positive thought, I do not believe that you or I can simply psyche ourselves into success or peace of mind.

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• In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.

  

  Zac Efron
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• Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
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• Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
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• I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.

  

  Laura Marling
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• I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.

  

  Tecumseh
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• We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it.

  

  Harriet Martineau
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• A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.

  

  M. J. Rose
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• Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
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• I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.

  

  Sal Albanese
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• I don't believe that we should limit waterboarding - or, quite frankly, any other alternative torture technique - if it means saving Americans' lives.

  

  Aaron Schock
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• So wearing a corset certainly changes your state of mind.

  

  Radha Mitchell
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• I don't believe that competitions are important.

  

  Eddie Izzard
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• I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.

  

  Natalie Babbitt
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• I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.

  

  Edith Piaf
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• The Real is ever-present, like the screen on which the cinematographic pictures move. While the picture appears on it, the screen remains invisible. Stop the picture, and the screen will become clear. All thoughts and events are merely pictures moving on the screen of Pure Consciousness, which alone is real.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
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• If someone has been bad to me, I believe in being good to that person. It's my way of getting back. Because that person is going to feel guilty about it.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
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• I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
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• Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
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• I'm all sentimental. I've probably been ruined by romantic movies, but I really do believe in love. I've experienced it, I've had it, so I know it's real.

  

  Sarah Silverman
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• I believe there is no one Principle, which predominates in human Nature so much in every Stage of Life, from the Cradle to the Grave, in Males and females, old and young, black and white, rich and poor, high and low, as this Passion for Superiority.

  

  John Adams
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• Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness.

  

  Isobelle Carmody
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• We have already gone beyond whatever we have words for. In all talk there is a grain of contempt.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
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• We are people who lived in absence of freedom. We know how precious it is. I want to give all these people their freedom, and the opportunity to live has humans. These are my friends, my family, and my fellow North Koreans.

  

  Kang Chol-hwan
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• While I believe in the power of positive thought, I do not believe that you or I can simply psyche ourselves into success or peace of mind.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Believe
  • Mind
  • Thoughts