"Our character is basically a composite of our habits."
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"Your power to choose your direction of your life allows you to reinvent yourself, to change your future, and to powerfully influence the rest of creation."
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"You will never be able to truly step inside another person, to see the world as he sees it, until you develop the pure desire, the strength of personal character, and the positive Emotional Bank Account, as well as the empathetic listening skills to do it."
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"The only thing that endures over time is the 'Law of the Farm.' You must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate, and water if you expect to reap the harvest."
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"We accomplish all that we do through delegation - either to time or to other people."
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"Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character."
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"There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations."
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"More essential than working on attitudes and behaviors is examining the paradigms out of which those attitudes and behaviors flow."
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"Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other."
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"It's better to be trusted than to be liked."
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"You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!"
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"Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do)."
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"Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?"
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"It's better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances."
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"To be successful we must live from our imaginations, not from our memories."
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"Happen to things, don't let things happen to you"
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"Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic"."
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"We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger."
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"Perhaps the most important vision of all is develop a sense of self, a sense of your own destiny, a sense of unique mission and role in life."
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"The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life."
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