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Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.

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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
Feeling
Feelings
Love
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Proactive
Verbs
Fruit

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Common sense is not always common practice.
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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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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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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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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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Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people.
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To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
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The ability to manage well doesn't make much difference if you're not even in the right jungle.
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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.
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Sacrifice really means giving up something good for something better.
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