The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Families: Creating A Nurturing Family In A Turbulent World Quotes
"Between what happens to us in life (a stimulus) and our reaction (our response) is a space. In that space lies our power and freedom to choose our responses. In our responses lie our growth and happiness."
"Everything can be taken from a man orwomanor womanorwoman but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstances, to choose one’s own way."
"The best way to predict their future is to create it."
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
"We will recognize when we are experiencing stress in our lives and not pass it on to others."
"Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves."
"Where there is no vision, the people perish."
"Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans."
"Families who have a clear sense of vision, values, and direction accomplish significantly more than families who do not."
"Vision is more powerful than the baggage of the past."
"Create a personal mission statement and live by it."
"If you don’t take charge of your mental creation, someone or something else will."
"The main thing is to keep the main things the main things."
"We live in a busy world. Many urgent things demand our immediate attention. But just because something feels urgent does not mean it is important."
"Love is an act of will—namely, both an intention and an action."
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."
"I still maintain that what I have observed over and over is that families who do have a clear sense of vision, values, and direction accomplish significantly more than families who do not."
"Apologies need to be sincere and backed with evidence before people accept them as genuine deposits."
"Even if you are much less at fault than the other person, ultimately you are responsible for your portion."
"Loyalty is an important principle of human effectiveness in families."
"Always talk about others as if they are present."
"You cannot talk yourself out of problems you behaved yourself into."
"Family members feel trust when they can count on others to follow through on their commitments."
"For many people, the ultimate test of their proactive muscles comes in the form of forgiving a family member who has done them wrong."
"The key to making deposits is to listen and come to an understanding of what is a win for the other person at any particular moment in time."
"The best censors are not the software type but what goes on in a child’s mind and the choices they make."
"If parents spent as much energy using digital devices in proactive ways to communicate with their children as they do in trying to control their children’s device usage, they might have more success."
"Each day, she texts short inspirational messages and expressions of love to her children—small, daily Emotional Bank Account deposits."
"I like to illustrate this observation using the image of an iceberg. The visible personality ethic focuses on people’s outward skills and personality, whereas the character ethic focuses on people’s inner values, character, and motives."
"Trust is the most essential ingredient in effective communication."
"Good skills and good intent equate to high trust, and that leads to strong family communication."
"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Nothing in my mind quite beats being together in person, but when that is not possible, do all you can to make your digital devices a family friend."
"The fact that you and I see things differently is a strength, not a weakness, in our relationship."
"Family vacations may be where our family developed our gift of humor."
"They never see each other. Their children do not get to know their cousins or uncles and aunts."
"My brother would play his accordion and all the kids would dance."
"The spiritual saw represents people’s need for meaning in their lives—their sense of purpose."
"Vacations make such lasting, bonding memories."
"The opportunities for intergenerational love and support keep growing as your posterity keeps growing."
"Sharpening the saw is one of the highest leveraged activities for individuals and families because it affects everything else we do in life."