Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Once you've found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others to find their voice.
Quotes to Explore
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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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Life is not always not always what one wants it to be., but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being happy.
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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I was a filmy kid. I was two when I faced the camera for the first time. My parents realised it pretty early, and I'm really thankful to them for their support and help.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.
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I was a very shy, overly big, kind of creepy-looking kid.
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He who wishes to paint Christ's story must live with Christ.
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Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.
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After retiring from competition in 1981, I did exhibitions and coached.
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Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.
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I have to do this my way.
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I was an angry, angry child at times.
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He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
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I loved a lot of different kinds of music, but for my own thing, I went for the singer-songwriters.
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I'm obsessed with golf, so I love going to play golf.
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I hate bands that hang around, like, 10 years too long - they're like the drunk at a party you can't get rid of.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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Characters written in 1990 would be acting like idiots if they were cast into the present. For example, the reader might wonder: Why isn't she texting? Where's her cellphone? Can't she have a simple paternity test? For God's sake, look on the Internet and check him out!
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It’s good to be here. I’m just trying to go through life without looking stupid. It’s not working out too well.
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Once you've found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others to find their voice.
