We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.

How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.

The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems.

We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.

If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control-myself. I can stop trying to shape up my wife and can work on my own weaknesses. I can focus an being a great marriage partner, a source of unconditional love and support. Hopefully, my wife will feel the power of proactive example and respond in kind. But, whether she does or doesn't, the most positive way I can influence my situation is to work on myself, on my being.

Effective people do two things: they strive to do excellent work, and they prioritize.

Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies.