Stephen Covey Quotes
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We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
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When life does not go our way or we inadvertently make a mistake, it is so easy to make excuses, place blame on others, or argue that circumstances were against us. But we only progress in life to the extent that we take responsibility for our actions and attitudes, and put forth the initiative necessary to create our own circumstances.
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How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.
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Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon?
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Spiritual Intelligence represents our drive for meaning and connection with the infinite.
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In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high.
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I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.
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The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world.
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True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.
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Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
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Life is a mission, not a career.
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The key to acting with integrity is to simply stop playing the game.
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If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.
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Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
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Listen to your conscience regarding something that you simply know you should do, then start small on it - make a promise and keep it. Then move forward and make a little larger promise and keep it. Eventually you'll discover that your sense of honor will become greater than your moods, and that will give you a level of confidence and excitement that you can move to other areas where you feel you need to make improvements or give service.
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Brands need to reinvent themselves from time to time to stay relevant.
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Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It is living and being driven by the principles you value most, not by the agendas and forces surrounding you.
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The way we see the problem is the problem.
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It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.
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Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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I don't read blogs but occasionally people tell me about what they contain, and I do take questions that come from blogs.
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The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.
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When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.