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Values Quotes by Stephen Covey

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Stephen Covey says you should let your values guide you, not the fleeting urges of each moment. He urges you to set priorities first, to write a personal mission that works like a constitution for your life. He also teaches that respecting differences and combining strengths creates true synergy.

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People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value.

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Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior.

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While values drive behaviors, principles govern consequences.

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Principles are the basis for developing a vision and value system for all.

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Interdependence is a higher value than independence

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Consult the wisdom of your heart as well as your mind.

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Principles are the territory. Values are maps.

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Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.

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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…

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Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

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Everyone has values; even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors.

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All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things

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Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in…

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The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you…

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Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?"

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As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You…

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We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the…

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We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol…

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Belief is another word for paradigm. It's a synonymous. Your belief of the way things are. Values are the way things should…

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If two people have the same opinion, one is unnecessary. ... I don't want to talk, to communicate, with someone who agrees…

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Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom…

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Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and…

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Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves…

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All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not…

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Intrinsic security doesn't come from what other people think of us or how they treat us. It doesn't come from our circumstance…

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Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock…

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Valuing differences is what really drives synergy. Do you truly value the mental, emotional, and psychological differences among people? Or do you…

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Develop all four intelligences. PQ (physical intelligence) which represents 70 trillion cells that fight disease and digest your breakfast. IQ (intellectual intelligence)…

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What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time?

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Be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

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Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those…

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Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.

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As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We…

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The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses

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Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences…

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I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular…

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If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.…

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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…

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It's not enough to have values without vision ; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something.…

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The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy…

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