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Stephen Covey Inspirational Quotes (384)

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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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Vision is about more than just getting things done, accomplishing some task, achieving something it is about discovering and expanding our view of others, affirming them, believing in them, and helping them discover and realize the potential within them-helping them find their own voice.
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At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself.
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Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
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Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by spending more time in Quadrant II...Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal management.
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Highly effective people tend to be proactive. They decide to find a better job or to have better health, rather than of responding to whatever curves life throws at them.
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Do what is important, not what is urgent.
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I am senting many books for endorsement purposes, which enables me to stay relevant in my own field, and I have people that help me decide which ones I should read and endorse.
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A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others.
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Every exaggeration of the truth once detected by others destroys our credibility and makes all that we do and say suspect.
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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand they listen with the intent to reply.
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Network marketing has come of age. It's undeniable that it has become a way to entrepreneurship and independence for millions of people
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There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world - no matter how large or small our circle of influence.
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True effectiveness is a function of two things: what is produced (the golden eggs) and the producing asset (the goose).
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True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.
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Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people.
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One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.
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Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust. Nothing is as fulfilling as a relationship of trust. Nothing is as inspiring as an offering of trust. Nothing is as profitable as the economics of trust. Nothing has more influence than a reputation of trust.
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The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values - carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.
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Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.
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We are product of neither nature nor nurture we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.
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The struggle comes when we sense a gap between the clock and the compass - when what we do doesn't contribute to what is most important in our lives.
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Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
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Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part of our lives. We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people's agendas, of circumstances, or of past habits.
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