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Where there's no gardener, there's no garden.

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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
Gardener
Garden
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The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
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The great contributors in life are those who, though afraid of the knock at the door, still answer it.
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The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.
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There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.
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While values drive behaviors, principles govern consequences.
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In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.
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The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world.
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But borrowing strength builds weakness.
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Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.
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Love is a verb. Love is something you do: the sacrifices you make, the giving of self. If you want to study love, study those who sacrifice for others. Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love the verb.
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Balance isn't either/or it's 'and'.
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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
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The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and also a deeper awareness of how really dependent we are.
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Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make
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The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.
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I think that [respect for people] is of profound importance because it means you are caring and you trust them to do the right thing.
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When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.
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