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"Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships."
― Stephen R. Covey

"Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important."
― Stephen R. Covey

"Seek first to understand, then to be understood."
― Stephen R. Covey

"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
― Stephen R. Covey

"Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw"
― Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"Strength lies in differences, not in similarities"
― Stephen R. Covey

"My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don't love her anymore and she doesn't love me. What can i do?"
"The feeling isn't there anymore?" I asked.
"That's right," he reaffirmed. "And we have three children we're really concerned about. What do you suggest?"
"love her," I replied.
"I told you, the feeling just isn't there anymore."
"Love her."
"You don't understand. the feeling of love just isn't there."
"Then love her. If the feeling isn't there, that's a good reason to love her."
"But how do you love when you don't love?"
"My friend , love is a verb. Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?"
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

"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 do that is by having a bigger "yes" burning inside. The enemy of the "best" is often the "good."
― Stephen Covey

"To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground."
― Stephen Covey

"We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions."
― Stephen R. Covey, First Things First

"It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of the mind, mistakes of judgment. But people will not easily forgive the mistakes of the heart, the ill intention, the bad motives, the prideful justifying cover-up of the first mistake."
― Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"The way we see the problem is the problem."
― Stephen R. Covey

"Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic"
― Stephen Covey

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Not at Intentions but What Peoples Actions Cost Us

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