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Important Quotes by Stephen Covey
- Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what…
- Anything less then a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.
- Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is…
- Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
- The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance, therefore, are your…
- Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by…
- Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family.
- One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the…
- 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.…
- The struggle comes when we sense a gap between the clock and the compass - when what we do doesn't contribute to what is most…
- Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
- What is important to another person must be as important to you as the other person is to you
- Creating and integrating an empowering personal mission statement is one of the most important investments we can make.
- Habit 7 is taking the time to sharpen the saw. By renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional, you…
- When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes…
- I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through with the important…
- The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.
- The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their…
- How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each…
- Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
- Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important
- The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.
- Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
- The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our…
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- Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
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- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
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