As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.
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- Accountability breeds response-ability. β¨ Stephen R. Covey (1992). Principle Centered Leadership, p.49, Simon and Schuster
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