"Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the……" — Stephen Covey
"Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival - to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated."
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556 Quotes by Stephen Covey
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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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An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly…
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In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest look…
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Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it…
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As for the people of Tasawwuf, they affirm the love of Allah, and this is more evident among them than…
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All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.
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Prayer meetings are dead affairs when they are merely asking sessions; there is adventure, hope and life when they are…
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It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off…
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By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might…
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I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues, but…
— William Rehnquist
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There's a marketing scheme that tells you that pregnancy and child rearing will make you into a moron, that your…
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Over the years, many Americans have made sacrifices in order to promote freedom and human rights around the globe: the…
— George H. W. Bush
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