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Often Quotes by Stephen Covey
- Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment,…
- Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.
- The leader is the one who climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, 'Wrong jungle!' ... Busy, efficient producers and managers often…
- We're constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but between the good…
- 'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet…
- What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
- I won't take time to repeat all the obvious benefits of physical exercise but will only underscore the well-attested fact that a program of regular…
- 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…
- Feedback often tells you more about the person who is giving it than about you.
- The key to the many is often the one; it is how you regard and talk about the one in that one's absence or presence…
- Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
- To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a…
- You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you…
- Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
- When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.
- Character grows in the soil of experience with the fertilization of example, the moisture of ambition, and the sunshine of satisfaction. Character cannot be purchased,…
- Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.
More Often Quotes
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- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The simplest things are often the truest. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I… — J. J. Abrams
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange