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I see myself living by correct principles and accomplishing worthy purposes. One of my favorite quotes is, The greatest battles of life are fought out every day in the silent chambers of one's own soul. (David O. McKay).

Stephen Covey

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Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
Author
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
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Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.
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To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.
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All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.
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It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective.
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People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary to get the job done.
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The heart and soul of loving yourself is integrity and the peace of conscience it inspires.
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Management is clearly different from leadership. Leadership is primarily a high-powered, right-brain activity. It's more of an art it's based on a philosophy. You have to ask the ultimate questions of life when you're dealing with personal leadership issues.
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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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When people seriously undertake to identify what really matters most to them in their lives, what they really want to be and do, they become very reverent. They start to think in larger terms than today and tomorrow.
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More essential than working on attitudes and behaviors is examining the paradigms out of which those attitudes and behaviors flow.
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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
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You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.
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It's not only a matter of when to do things, but whether or not to do them at all.
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Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.
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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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Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.
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In the long run, you can never accomplish a worthy end with an unworthy means.
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Results matter! They matter to your credibility.
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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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