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" Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you. "
Stephen Covey
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" To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know. "
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" Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply. "
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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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" 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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" The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man. "
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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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" Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response. "
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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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" Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. "
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" Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems. "
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" Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. "
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" In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. "
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" When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust. "
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" Leadership is a choice, not a position. "
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" The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country. "
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" 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. "
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