The way you spend your time is a result of the way you see your time and the way you really see your priorities. - Stephen Covey

It's not enough to have values without vision; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something. On the other hand, vision without values can create a Hitler. An empowering mission statement deals with both character and competence; what you want to be and what you want to do in your life.

as Marilyn Ferguson observed, “No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal.

you simply can’t think efficiency with people. You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.