"If our feelings control our actions, it is……" — Stephen Covey
"If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so."
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556 Quotes by Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey has 556 quotes on this site.
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I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with…
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The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the…
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If we want to make a change in our lives, we should first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors.
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People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will…
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Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of…
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Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not…
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are…
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Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.
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Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
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Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we…
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The only thing that endures over time is the 'Law of the Farm.' You must prepare the ground, plant the…
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Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the…
— Juvenal
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So many of us have abdicated our passions for obligations, as if passion is a luxury for the young, and…
— Erwin McManus
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The Church is the Body of Christ, and the Spirit is the Spirit of Christ. He fills the Body, directs…
— Samuel Chadwick
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People would do well to ask themselves how many of their ambitions and aspirations derive from the type of economic…
— Tony Benn
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He [Charles II] was utterly without ambition. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone…
— Thomas B. Macaulay
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The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and…
— Khalil Gibran
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All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for…
— Steven Hatfill
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After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power -…
— Edward Snowden
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This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against…
— Neil Young
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But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a…
— Elie Wiesel
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I often think about Christ having all power, but He abdicated the power to live a sacrificial life for His…
— Monica Johnson
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under…
— Ted Cruz
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