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To know and not to do is not to know.

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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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we're responsible for our own lives.
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Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust.
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People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses
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Principles are deep fundamental truths... lightly interwoven threads running with exactness, consistency, beauty and strength through the fabric of life.
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Do what is important, not what is urgent.
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If we spend most of our time concerned about things we cannot truly directly influence, what we can influence will be reduced. If we spend our energies on those things over which we can expect positive results, we will expand our influence.
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Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.
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Principle-centered people are constantly educated by their experiences.
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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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Our greatest joy and our greatest pain comes in our relationships with others.
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Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.
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The only way we can handle change around us is to know what is changeless about ourselves
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Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths.
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A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.
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Trust is a function of both character and competence. Of course you can't trust someone who lacks integrity, but if someone is honest but they can't perform, you're not going to trust them either. You won't trust them to get the job done.
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Results matter! They matter to your credibility.
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Begin with the end in mind.
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