Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.

The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.

The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world.

The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character.

Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.