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Consequences Quotes by Stephen Covey
- Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.
- While values drive behaviors, principles govern consequences.
- Principles always have natural consequences attached to them. There are positive consequences when we live in harmony with the principles. There are negative consequences when…
- Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent…
- Everyone has values; even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors.
- We exhaust ourselves more from the tension and the consequences of internal disharmony than from hard, unremitting work.
- Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!
- We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
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