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When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.

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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Truth
Things
Correct
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Principles
Knowledge

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To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
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Give no answer to contentious arguments or irresponsible accusations. Let such things fly out open windows until they spend themselves.
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Interdependency follows independence.
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Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.
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We are product of neither nature nor nurture we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.
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