Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others based upon their own principles and their own value system rather than their moods or anger.

Stephen Covey

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• Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.

  

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• The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.

  

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• What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.

  

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• You can think what you like of Madonna - about her political choices and her PR - but you have to respect her courage not to let the critics stop her exploring her potential.

  

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• In 'Rangoon', I play an action star of the 1940s.

  

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• I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

  

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• If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell.

  

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• I've always wanted to do action and action movies. I grew up on that.

  

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• If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the burkini.

  

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• Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it.

  

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• Even though 'Hemlock Grove' was a serious, supernatural mystery, it was pretty fun on set. It was a light mood.

  

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• Young people are already leading on climate action. I see it at rallies to reject the Keystone XL dirty tar sands pipeline. I see it in the push to demand justice for communities being run over by fracking operations.

  

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• I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

  

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• Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.

  

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• He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.

  

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• There were 14,000 people at the rally for the president in Ohio. There were another 8,000 people in Virginia. If all 22,000 of those people opened their wallets and gave $1,000 each, that would be less than one donation from a billionaire to the super PACs. And that's why he's in for the fight of his life.

  

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• Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

  

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• I have no style, because I change each time . . . each day I play differently. Today I play differently than yesterday.

  

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• We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others based upon their own principles and their own value system rather than their moods or anger.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Action
  • Choices
  • Values