"The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values - carefully thought about, selected and internalized values."

-- Stephen Covey

#Essence Quotes #People Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.”
“Successful Mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.”
“Winning an award is a great feeling but winning the Vodafone Crossword Popular Choice Award is particularly exhilarating because it is based upon public voting. I find it a strange quirk of fate that Chanakya's Chant, a political tale, should end up winning an election!”
“I've been a road-rat since I got my driver's licence at 16, so I've probably gone across America 20 times.”
“Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book.”
“Love songs come in many guises and are seemingly written for many reasons â€“ as declarations or to wound â€“ I have written songs for all of these reasons â€“ but ultimately the love songs exist to fill, with language, the silence between ourselves and God, to decrease the distance between the temporal and the divine.”
“It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.”
“Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation.”

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