A Quote by Stephen Covey

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

Stephen Covey

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Differences Lies Similarities Strength

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Stephen Covey
American - Educator
October 24, 1932 - July 16, 2012

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.

Stephen Covey

Resemblances are the shadows of differences. Different people see different similarities and similar differences.

Vladimir Nabokov

Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And we're trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.

Harold E. Varmus

We see differences in people and seem to be afraid of people. The black or white or gay or straight - I don't necessarily look for differences but for similarities. We need to be looking out for each other.

James Blunt

In the development of the understanding of complex phenomena, the most powerful tool available to the human intellect is abstraction. Abstraction arises from the recognition of similarities between certain objects, situations, or processes in the real world and the decision to concentrate on these similarities and to ignore, for the time being, their differences.

Tony Hoare

Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And were trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.

Harold E. Varmus

We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.

William Hall

England and the U.S. definitely have their differences and similarities.

DeAndre Yedlin

I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.

Isabel Allende

I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between comedians and magicians.

David Copperfield

It's easy to focus on the differences, harder to find the similarities in people.

Chali 2na

When we look for differences instead of similarities, we create barriers for trust.

Garrison Wynn

We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength.

Jimmy Carter

The similarities among different kinds of audiences far outweigh the differences.

Darwin Ortiz

And as journalists we look for differences - differences between countries, cultures, classes, and communities. We're very sensitized to difference, but it's much harder to write about similarities across countries, cultures, classes, and communities.