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Quotations by author » Stephen R. Covey
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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
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It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside.
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It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the business of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall.
Success
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Imagination
Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.
Disillusionment
Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb
Love
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
LeadershipManagement
Management works in the system; Leadership works on the system.
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Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.
Leadership
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
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Nothing is more exciting and bonding in relationships than creating together
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Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.
AdversityChallengeOvercoming
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character...
CharacterHabit
Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
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People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally ''being lived'.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
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People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me. The more principle-centered we become, the more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the successes, well-being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to...rather than detracts from...our lives.
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Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.
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Priority is a function of context.
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Private victories precede public victories.
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