"We see the world, not as it is,……" — Stephen Covey
"We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms."
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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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More Conditioned Quotes
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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now…
— Russell Baker
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Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally 'appearances,' the outer masks in…
— Annie Besant
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Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this…
— Joyce Brothers
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Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter.…
— William S. Burroughs
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A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity…
— James Allen
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The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.
— John Wooden
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We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.
— John Wooden
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From the living fountain of instinct flows everything that is creative; hence the unconscious is not merely conditioned by history,…
— Carl Jung
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Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not…
— Stephen Covey
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Spirituality belongs to the eternal, and religion belongs to the temporal. Religion belongs to people's behavior. It is really what…
— Rajneesh
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Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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