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All Quotes by author - Stephen Covey

" A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships. "

" Accountability breeds response-ability. "

" A little over 5% of the world's population produces almost 29% of the world's goods and services. "

" A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life. "

" An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success. "

" Begin with the end in mind. "

" Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response. "

" Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell people to listen to each other and tell them that they can't get creative and find alternate solutions if they don't listen to each other. There's a lot of arguing and justifying. "

" But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital! "

" Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for. "

" Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. "

" Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems. "

" 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. "

" Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed. "

" Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism. "

" Every time you think the problem is 'out there,' that very thought is the problem. "

" Family home evening is more for the purpose of teaching values and gospel principles, displaying talents and enjoying different kinds of family fun and activities. "

" Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. "

" For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution. "

" Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. "

" How can you possibly reconcile the justice of God with the idea that only through Christ can you be saved? Most of the world lives and dies and never even hears of Christ. There has to be some mechanism set up for all those who have ever lived to have an opportunity to hear of Christ. "

" I affirm to you the tremendous potential you have, not beyond anything you could ever imagine. "

" I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. "

" I believe in this concept that you learn by teaching. "

" If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty. "

" If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. "

" If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success. "

" If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions. "

" If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm. "

" In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education. "

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