“A personal mission statement becomes the DNA for every other decision we make.” 

"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall."

"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out."

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” 

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."

"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."

"There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles."

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. Most people listen with the intent to reply.” 

"Live out of your imagination, not your history."

"Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships."

"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us."

“I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions.”

“Strength lies in differences not in similarities.” 

“The way we see the problem is the problem.” 

“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” 

"Accountability breeds response-ability."

“Courage is not the absence of fear but the awareness that something else is more important.” 

“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”

“Every human has four endowments – self-awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom. The power to choose, to respond, to change.”

“Our character is basically a composite of our habits because they are consistent. Often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.”

“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.”

“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control – myself.”

“What you do has greater impact than what you say.” 

 

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