Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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I'm the kind of person that, if someone says, 'Oh yeah, you can't do that,' I want to then go do it.
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I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.
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Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
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It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others.
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You are surprised that the world is losing its grip? That the world is grown old? Don't hold onto the old man, the world; don't refuse to regain your youth in Christ, who says to you: 'The world is passing away; the world is losing its grip; the world is short of breath. Don't fear, your youth shall be renewed as an eagle.'
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Some of my best friends are gay guys, and they said, "You're so straight, we're not interested."
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I didn't know the Green Lantern comics at all. I was a Superman reader.
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To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.
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Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather.
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The readiness to sacrifice one's personal work and, if necessary, even one's life for others shows its most highly developed form in the Aryan race. The greatness of the Aryan is not based on his intellectual powers; but rather on his willingness to devote all his faculties to the service of his community.
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Tis the mind that makes the body rich.
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I do not care whether she loves me or not. I just need her by my side forever, I love her and will always love despite anything.
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Nothing will do me any good unless I learn to control this body of mine.
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The years of old age are stalls in the cathedral of life in which for aged men to sit and listen and meditate and be patient till the service is over, and in which they may get themselves ready to say "Amen" at the last, with all their hearts and souls and strength.
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The good husbands understand and offer to help. "All you have to do is ask" they say. But even helpful husbands have to be thanked, their contributions acknowledged, credit given. All those pleases and thank yous. Being grateful takes time and energy. It's often easier to do it yourself.
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Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.
