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The quote says that real learning shows up in action, not just in understanding words or ideas. If a person cannot apply what they know, then the knowledge is incomplete or not fully internalized.
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About Stephen Covey
American educator, author, businessman, and speaker
Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. He is best known for The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. He died while serving as a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. Covey also wrote First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him among its 25 most influential people.
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