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You can't change the fruit without changing the root.

Stephen Covey

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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
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I believe that correct principles are natural laws, and that God, the Creator and Father of us all, is the source of them, and also the source of our conscience. I believe that to the degree people live by this inspired conscience, they will grow to fulfill their natures to the degree that they do not, they will not rise above the animal plane.
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When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.
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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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In the absence of wake-up calls, many of us never really confront the critical issues of life.
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To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
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Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
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Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children's lives.
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Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon?
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Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!
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You can't have the fruits without the roots.
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The worldly fountain does not breed spiritual depth.
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Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.
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It's not only a matter of when to do things, but whether or not to do them at all.
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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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Principle-centered people are constantly educated by their experiences.
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The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.
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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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True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.
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Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity.
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