Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things.
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It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.
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The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected.
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent.
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O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
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The challenge is sort of capturing the issues that Oregonians feel strongly about and moving forward on those.
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I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was the first place that came to my mind. That's where my heart was at.
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When you are starting to run an online business, you need to narrow down a niche market and be able to stick with it until you have a good profit coming in. This can take a while, so you need to have a great deal of patience to make sure that your business is moving in the right direction.
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I do think faith is important when it introduces positivity into your life and you see it with love in your heart because there's so many people who unfortunately use faith for detrimental things or to justify detrimental actions.
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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.
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Love grounds you. It orients you. Love brings your awareness to others and yourself. Love opens your mind and heart to others and yourself. Love settles you and gives you balance.
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What happens in the heart simply happens.
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I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled.
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I'm the guy who's started businesses, I've been a small business owner. I've employed hundreds of Pennsylvanians. I know how to get jobs moving in the private sector, rein in the excesses in Washington, and bring some balance to a town that's lost all balance.
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There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.
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We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
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When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.
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I'm not moving to L.A.! That's not happening unless I have to.
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Do the very best that you can, in the things you do best, and you will know in thy soul, that you are the greatest success in the world.
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So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, for faith is born of the sense of need. But when we compare ourselves with Jesus Christ, and through Him, with God, we are humbled to the dust, and then faith is born, for there is nothing left to do but to trust to the mercy of God.
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I believe that if you reject and don't respect what you have now, that's ingratitude. I'm grateful for everything I have today.
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I grew up in South Africa without a television; there was no television, and the year after I left, television arrived in South Africa, so I have never really acquired a taste for watching television.
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Prayer must be broad in its scope - it must plead for others. Intercession for others is the hallmark of all true prayer. When prayer is confined to self and to the sphere of one's personal needs, it dies by reason of its littleness, narrowness and selfishness.
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People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things.
