Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a pu…

Stephen Covey
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Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self. ✨ Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). First Things First, p.106, Simon and Schuster
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Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self. ✨ Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). First Things First, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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