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" You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into. "
Stephen Covey
Yourself
You
Problems
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" Live out of your imagination, not your history. "
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Your
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" There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you've got the chemistry for a lot of industry. "
Stephen Covey
Work
You
Education
" My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, 'You're going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.' "
Stephen Covey
Great
Mother
Night
" The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged. "
Stephen Covey
Desire
Human Spirit
Human
" The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history. "
Stephen Covey
Problems
Principles
Society
" Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. "
Stephen Covey
Management
Leadership
Ladder
" Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking. "
Stephen Covey
Social
Thinking
Some
" Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed. "
Stephen Covey
Must
Stay
Help
" One of the things that I have admired about India is the spiritualism of the people. "
Stephen Covey
Admired
Things
People
" We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals. "
Stephen Covey
Life
Decisions
Learning
" I affirm to you the tremendous potential you have, not beyond anything you could ever imagine. "
Stephen Covey
Ever
Imagine
You
" In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. "
Stephen Covey
Say
Analysis
Communication
" The true identity theft is not financial. It's not in cyberspace. It's spiritual. It's been taken. "
Stephen Covey
Spiritual
Identity
Financial
" If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. "
Stephen Covey
Doing
Getting
Going
" 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. "
Stephen Covey
Opportunity
Succeed
Success
" Public behavior is merely private character writ large. "
Stephen Covey
Writ
Public
Behavior
" Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you. "
Stephen Covey
Ahead
Always
Work
" If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm. "
Stephen Covey
Life
Changes
Attitude
" Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution. "
Stephen Covey
Life
Contribution
About
" What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart. "
Stephen Covey
Understood
Air
Body
" 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. "
Stephen Covey
Values
You
Constitution
" The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. "
Stephen Covey
Key
Schedule
Priorities
" The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too. "
Stephen Covey
Feel
Culture
Cheating
" Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge. "
Stephen Covey
Result
Great
Challenge
" I believe in this concept that you learn by teaching. "
Stephen Covey
You
Learn
I Believe
" The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. "
Stephen Covey
Key
Responsibility
Life
" Listen with your eyes for feelings. "
Stephen Covey
Listen
Feelings
Eyes
" Accountability breeds response-ability. "
Stephen Covey
Breeds
Accountability
" What is common sense isn't common practice. "
Stephen Covey
Common Sense
Practice
Sense
" When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence. "
Stephen Covey
Positive
Character
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