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Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
Author
Businessperson
Professor
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
Within
Freedom
Comes
Empowerment

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What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their character. Whether they're eloquent or not, whether they have human-relations techniques or not, we trust them and work with them.
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When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust.
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The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity.
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Everyone has values even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors.
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It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts.
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The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust is the key professional and personal competency of our time.
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To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
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Patience is emotional diligence.
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By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.
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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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Vital to quality of life is the ability to work together, learn from each other, and help each other grow.
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They [Nazi captors]had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment but he [Viktor Frankl] had more freedom, more internal power to exercise his options.
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To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.
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An abundance mentality springs from internal security, not from external rankings, comparisons, opinions, possessions, or associations.
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We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.
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The worldly fountain does not breed spiritual depth.
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What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time?
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Effective people do two things: they strive to do excellent work, and they prioritize.
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Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.
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Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.
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