The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.
("The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People")
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What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their character. Whether they're eloquent or not, whether they have human-relations techniques or not, we trust them and work with them.
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