"People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value."
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"The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems."
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"As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves."
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"While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses."
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"Only after we can learn to forgive ourselves can we accept others as they are because we don't feel threatened by anything about them which is better than us."
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"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."
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"You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself."
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"Communication is the most important single activity of man."
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"To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions."
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"Organize and execute around priorities."
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"You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut."
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"Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others."
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"Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you."
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"All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind."
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"Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological."
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"Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths."
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"In the absence of wake-up calls, many of us never really confront the critical issues of life."
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"Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon?"
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"Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom to choose based on principles and values rather than on moods or condition. Proactive people are agents of change and choose not to be victims, to be reactive, or to blame others."
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"Many people think in terms of either/or: either you're nice or you're tough. Win-win requires that you be both. It is a balancing act between courage and consideration. To go for win-win, you not only have to be empathic, but you also have to be confident. You not only have to be considerate and sensitive, you also have to be brave. To do that-to achieve that balance between courage and consideration-is the essence of real maturity and is fundamental to win-win."
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