Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

"But borrowing strength builds weakness."

"We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world."

"Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important"

"Your economic security does not lie in your job; it lies in your own power to produce- to think, to learn, to create, to adapt. That's true financial independence. It's not having wealth; it's having the power to produce wealth. It's intrinsic."

"The core of any family is what is changeless, what is going to be there──shared vision and values."

"churchgoing is not synonymous with personal spirituality. There are some people who get so busy in church worship and projects that they become insensitive to the pressing human needs that sourround them, contradicting the very precepts they profess to believe deeply."

"To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions."

"People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them."

"There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature."

"people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well."

"My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don't love her anymore and she doesn't love me. What can i do"The feeling isn't there anymore" I asked."That's right," he reaffirmed. "And we have three children we're really concerned about. What do you suggest"love her," I replied."I told you, the feeling just isn't there anymore."Love her."You don't understand. the feeling of love just isn't there."Then love her. If the feeling isn't there, that's a good reason to love her."But how do you love when you don't love" "My friend , love is a verb. Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?"

"Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education"

"Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education."

"Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do)."

"Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice."

"They [Nazi captors]had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment; but he [Viktor Frankl] had more freedom, more internal power to exercise his options."

"Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love the verb or our loving actions. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her."