We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.
We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling?
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.
My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn’t believe in yourself.
In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
The heart and soul of loving yourself is integrity and the peace of conscience it inspires.
The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.
If the only vision we have of ourselves comes from the social mirror – from the current social paradigm and from the opinions, perceptions, and paradigms of the people around us – our view of ourselves is like the reflection in a crazy mirror room at the carnival.
You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
A moment of choice is a moment of truth.
Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.
Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon?
Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That’s because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person does- competence.