"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
"When life does not go our way or we inadvertently make a mistake, it is so easy to make excuses, place blame on others, or argue that circumstances were against us. But we only progress in life to the extent that we take responsibility for our actions and attitudes, and put forth the initiative necessary to create our own circumstances."
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Source: Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.45, Simon and Schuster
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