Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.Stephen Covey
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Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.
Dan Lipinski -
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
Harlan Coben -
I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
Damien Chazelle -
I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
Calvin Klein -
I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.
Malcolm Gladwell
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
Saint Francis de Sales -
I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
Tania Raymonde -
I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
Eddie Redmayne -
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I think trust is the most important thing. If the actors and the director and the crew trust each other and you set up perimeters and boundaries, you give everyone space to do great work.
Sam Heughan -
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.
Maluma -
I admired anyone who could unsettle people.
J. G. Ballard -
People will always want a free lunch.
Wayne Rogers -
A tinker’s debt is always paid:Once for any simple trade.Twice for freely given aid.Thrice for any insult made.
Patrick Rothfuss -
On this showing, the nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an answering withdrawal of mimesis on the part of the majority, and a consequent loss of social unity in the society as a whole.
Arnold J. Toynbee -
The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
Albert Einstein
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A lot of people have many misconceptions about religion. I know what I'm talking about for myself. My mind is very ordered, so to speak. I need to put things in order.
Dion -
Welcome to my library! Ever since my high school days, books and magazines have been to my mind what friends are in the flesh. Each and every one of these books and articles- a fraction of the 12,000 volumes that I share my house with- has contributed to expanding my dream.
Patch Adams -
A purpose gives meaning to life. It is like the hub in a wheel -- with every spoke fitted into it to make a strong and perfect circle. Without such a hub, spokes will not radiate evenly and your wheel will lack strength, will tend to break apart on the first good bump it hits. Given a strong hub, a strong purpose, a person can take a surprising number of shocks and bumps on the outside rim without sustaining permanent damage.
Oveta Culp Hobby -
It's nice if people can finally loosen up a little bit and just go out laugh at silliness. I mean, people take themselves way too seriously sometimes.
Larry the Cable Guy -
I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.
Stephen Covey