Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose. - Thomas Edison
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value. - Thomas Edison
People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward. - Thomas Edison
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. - Stephen Covey
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem. - Stephen Covey
The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. - Stephen Covey
To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction. - Stephen Covey
In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by principles. It is the choice of acting or being acted upon. - Stephen Covey
Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us. - Stephen Covey
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. - Stephen Covey
We often get so busy "sawing" (producing results) that we forget to "sharpen our saw" (maintain or increase our capacity to produce results in the future). - Stephen Covey
Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling. - Stephen Covey
Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive. - Stephen Covey
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values - carefully thought about, selected and internalized values. - Stephen Covey
Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them. - Stephen Covey
It doesn't really matter how fast you're going if you're heading in the wrong direction. - Stephen Covey
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