Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.

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• I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Environment
  • Aesthetic
  • Accused

• I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • School
  • Small
  • Environment

• I know people talk about poverty and other factors, but there is very little I can do to ensure that a child has a stable two-parent home. But what if we can give them a shot in the classroom with a stable, high-standards environment?

  

  Brown Campbell
  • People
  • Home
  • High

• I think one challenge is that having few women in your work environment makes you feel a little isolated and alone. I'm an extrovert; I like talking to people, and I make friends easily, but if your personality is somewhat different, I think you would struggle to connect with people.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • People
  • Work
  • Different

• I grew up kind of self-supported, that kind of environment, because my parents both worked for airlines.

  

  T. J. Perkins
  • Up
  • Parents
  • Kind

• Ever since Modi became prime minister, he has given a free rein to his ministers and BJP functionaries to create an environment of communal tension and violence.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Free
  • Environment
  • Violence

• If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.

  

  Natalie Morales
  • People
  • Remember
  • Way

• The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Art
  • Business
  • Man

• The environment shapes people's actions.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • People
  • Environment
  • Actions

• It's hard to explain to people how, if you're really capable of providing the right professional work environment, it allows you to get more personal.

  

  Bill Pullman
  • People
  • Work
  • Environment

• We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods.

  

  Freeman Dyson
  • People
  • World
  • Bad

• What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It's my job, as a director and screenwriter, to create the environment in which all those moments will come together eventually.

  

  James Gray
  • Job
  • Truth
  • Together

• I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment.

  

  Dorothy Stang
  • Life
  • Work
  • Live

• We have to provide good teachers, good environment, community involvement with schools.

  

  David Selby
  • Good
  • Community
  • Environment

• My environment is important to me. I'd rather give up other things in my life - I might not take vacations or spend a lot of money on clothes - so that I can live in a home I feel really good about.

  

  Max von Essen
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• We need to recover our true nature by relocating ourselves on this planet, being respectful of our environment, and living in harmony with other species - like a big family.

  

  Laurent Baheux
  • Family
  • True
  • Nature

• My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this.

  

  Kim Cattrall
  • Environment
  • Theatre

• Particularly when it comes to the regulatory environment, being a jerk doesn't actually get you very far.

  

  Logan Green
  • Environment

• Portland has all the accoutrements of a big city, but the heart and soul of it is a small town, so that creates an intimacy in a large environment.

  

  Dean Devlin
  • Heart
  • Soul
  • Small

• One of the biggest problems we have is people not following instructions properly when they're voting,

  

  Sam Reed
  • People
  • Problem
  • Instruction

• Animals are a huge part of my life, so yes, if you are going to be a part of my life, you would need to have the same love for animals. Howard is so great in that aspect and he truly is my partner. We have six resident cats - Walter, Apple, Leon Bear, Charlie Boy, Bella, and Yoda-and we have fostered over fifty kittens in the last year. He even lets the kittens play in his hair! They love it!

  

  Beth Ostrosky Stern
  • My Life
  • Partner
  • Animals

• It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work in the abstract

  

  I. M. Pei
  • Work
  • Great
  • Individual

• Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Environment
  • Behavior
  • Blame