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Firsts Quotes by Stephen Covey
- If we want to make a change in our lives, we should first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors.
- All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things
- The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is…
- All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with a vision and…
- The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of…
- If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be…
- Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock and the compass.…
- All things are created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation. The physical creation follows the mental, just as a…
- Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part…
- All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own…
- During the first few minutes in lift-off, the astronauts were strictly controlled and were powerfully buffeted by the forces of nature struggling to keep them…
- All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure…
- If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow.
- If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.
- Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
- Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
- It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of…
- Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek…
- Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
- To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
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- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong