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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Stephen R. Covey
Top 10 Best Quotes
“But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.”
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.”
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.”
“When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.”
“Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.”
“It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.”
“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?”
“to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.”
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