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In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.

~Stephen Covey

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What is common sense isn't common practice.

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Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

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It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

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The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history.

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When the external factors over which one has no control in a way start to become negative, it starts to affect our creative juices.

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Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking.

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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

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Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: October 24th, 1932

Died: July 16th, 2012

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