Stephen Covey

too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life

It taught me that we must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

We began to realize that if we wanted to change the situation, we first had to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

He had been nurtured on this protection, so he went through some withdrawal pains, which he expressed and which we accepted, but did not necessarily respond to. "We don't need to protect you," was the unspoken message. "You're fundamentally okay."

Search your own heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life.

In the words of William George Jordan, "Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil --the silent unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the con

Where we stand depends on where we sit."

se. But Copernicus created a Paradigm Shift, and a great deal of resistance and persecution as well, by placing the sun at the center. Suddenly,

You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.

It is character that communicates most eloquently.