Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
What one great idea resonates deeper in the soul than any other...that we are free to choose. Next to life itself, the power to choose is your greatest gift.
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go.
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.
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If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war.
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Sittin' in the mornin' sun, I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes. Watchin' the ships roll in; And I watch 'em roll away again. Sittin' on the dock of the bay, Watchin' the tide roll away. Sittin' on the dock of the bay, Wastin' time.
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But when you're standing at a crossroad, there's a choice you've got to make.
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As a songwriter, I got used to being in the background.
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With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.
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I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.
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The lessons I learned from my mother and her friends have guided me through death, birth, loss, love, failure, and achievement, on to a Fulbright scholarship and Harvard Business School. They taught me to believe that anything was possible. They have proven to be the strongest family values I could ever have imagined.
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A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
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We should not let our response to the people who disagree with us be dictated by what they say about us or even how they treat people we care for. There has to be a chance that we can find love.
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There is no such thing as a false idea.
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God would be a very selfish god if he gave all the soul to one race. ... When one sings from the heart and it reaches another heart, that's soul.
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It's hard to keep things moving. And that's always a big trick. I think for me, the key is setting really big goals. And, you know, with YouTube, I think we've had tremendous leadership, both with the founders and now with Salar, who's been running it.
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What one great idea resonates deeper in the soul than any other...that we are free to choose. Next to life itself, the power to choose is your greatest gift.
