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“A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.”

Quote by Stephen Covey

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Stephen Covey was an American author, entrepreneur, and lecturer, best known for his book 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People'. Since its publication in 1989, this book has become a global bestseller and has had a profound impact on personal and organizational development. more

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Source: Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

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Author:Russell Lynes

“It seemed to me that all things were possible on the island, all tyrannies and cruelties, though in small; and if, in despite of what was possible, we lived at peace with another, surely this was proof that certain laws unknown to us held sway, or else that we had been following the promptings of our hearts all this time, and our hearts had not betrayed us.”

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Author:J. M. Coetzee

“I thought she'd [her mother] offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this business, so you better toughen up!' And I did.”

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Author:Jennifer Lopez

“One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame”

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Book:The Autobiography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry From My Own Life

Source: The Autobiography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry From My Own Life

“Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see in them, whatever metaphorical truth, I cannot accept them as credible explanations of reality; and they are incredible to me in proportion to the degree that they require my belief in positive human attributes and intervenient powers in their divinities.”

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“One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen to their critics with just enough sympathy to ensure their silence.”

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Source: A life in our times: memoirs

“I required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.”

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Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

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Author:Sathya Sai Baba