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He who has a why can deal with any what or how.
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Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
Stephen Covey
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To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
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The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds.
Stephen Covey -
As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
Stephen Covey -
Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Stephen Covey -
Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?
Stephen Covey -
The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
Stephen Covey
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're already miles down the road; to redo; to live with unexpressed and unsolved problems; to deal with the results of not giving people psychological air.
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If you don't know yourself, if you don't control yourself, if you don't have mastery over yourself, it's very hard to like yourself, except in some short-term, psych-up, superficial way.
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Happen to things, don't let things happen to you
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As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.
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The enemy of the "best" is often the "good."
Stephen Covey
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It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.
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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
Stephen Covey -
Through it all I have learned that parenting is basically a life of self sacrifice.
Stephen Covey -
It's better to be trusted than to be liked.
Stephen Covey