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" Accountability breeds response-ability. "
Stephen Covey
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" Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them. "
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" The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character. "
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" Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. "
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" Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. "
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" Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. "
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" Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships. "
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