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" 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. "

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

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" Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. "

" You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into. "

" We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles. "

" In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high. "

" There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life. "

" The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country. "

" Accountability breeds response-ability. "

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

" 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. "

" When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen. "

" 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. "

" You're not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you. "

" We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice. "

" The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. "

" In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. "

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

" One of the things that I have admired about India is the spiritualism of the people. "

" It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field. "

" The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. "

" People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses. "

" Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect. "

" Seek first to understand, then to be understood. "