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If you don't have confidence in the diagnosis, you won't have confidence in the prescription.

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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Prescriptions
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Life

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Live the law of love. We encourage obedience to the laws of life when we live the laws of love.
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When our honor becomes greater than our moods, that is where transformation happens
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I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through with the important people in our lives can become fertile ground for the growth of enduring trust - trust that is actually stronger because it's been tested and proved through challenge.
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