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"The world has lost a truly great soul today. Stephen Covey was a man whose 'work was love made visible.' He touched millions of people by the strength of his integrity and the depth of his caring. He was a personal friend, an extraordinary father, and a model for what human beings are truly capable of. Please join us in sending love and prayers to his family."
"It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return."
"Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers and try to live in harmony with natural laws and universal principles. Courage is the father of all virtues; we need great courage to lead our lives by correct principles and to have integrity in the moment of choice."
"Starting now, you're just starting to see a glimmer of what the idea of West will mean. So right now, at this age and with this visibility and with the skill sets that Kim is now giving me, I think I have a good chance of success in building something that has longevity, high integrity, high success rate, and is very fulfilling, not only for me creatively but also in adding fulfillment to people's lives. Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding magic."
"Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur."
"There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will."
"The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways."
"Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves."
"Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary."
"When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread."
"A caged canary is secure; but it is not free. It is easier for free men to resist terrorism from afar than tyranny from within."
"In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity."
"Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason."
"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always."
"Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea."
"A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society."
"In order to sustain the integrity of the organization, a business must dedicate time and resources to education, leadership development, and personnel development. Don't focus on the product. Focus on the team."
"There are many winds full of anger, and lust and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our true nature stays where it's always been."
"Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues."
"I'm not going to compromise my artistic integrity."
