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If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.

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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What is common sense isn't common practice.
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..people are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren’t getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope...with all of their might.
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The great apparent dichotomy is that the more we give, the more we get.
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We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.
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You always reap what you sow there is no shortcut.
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It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.
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It's better to be trusted than to be liked.
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