The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) / quote 77 of 203

We can write new programs for ourselves

because of our unique human endowments, we can write new programs for ourselves totally apart from our instincts and training. This is why an animal’s capacity is relatively limited and man’s is unlimited. But if we live like animals, out of our own instincts and conditioning and conditions, out of our collective memory, we too will be limited.

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