Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.

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• In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • Work
  • Process
  • Old

• I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.

  

  Cameron van der Burgh
  • Think
  • Gold
  • Victory

• What I heard was that Bush is now positioned to have victory after victory. He'll have Social Security reform passed, that he'll have tax reform passed, that he'll have conservative judges on the courts.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Victory
  • Security
  • Tax

• The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
  • Process
  • United States
  • Oil

• Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Stop
  • Fighting
  • Victory

• We're certainly not in position to expand into the East. We've been very candid and up front that if, in fact, we go through an expansion process, the world will know about it.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Up
  • World
  • Know

• That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame.

  

  Wangari Maathai
  • Beautiful
  • Red
  • Tree

• What we know is that the environmental movement had a series of dazzling victories in the late '60s and in the '70s where the whole legal framework for responding to pollution and to protecting wildlife came into law. It was just victory after victory after victory. And these were what came to be called 'command-and-control' pieces of legislation.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Law
  • Control
  • Victory

• You can drive an SUV, but there's a balance. If you do that, maybe use energy-efficient light bulbs at home or just be conscious of switching off lights. If you can afford to drive an SUV, maybe you can afford to make a donation to a wind farm or plant some trees. It's all about balance.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Home
  • Energy
  • Light

• There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because of the process.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Never
  • Process
  • Bills

• I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when you are dubbing for a prominent actor.

  

  Kabir Bedi
  • You
  • English
  • Actor

• The first reactions from Germany and German industry was quite negative. People right from the start were saying that we will steal technology and take it away and move the plant to India and use low cheap labor to compete.

  

  Baba Kalyani
  • People
  • Technology
  • Start

• Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top.

  

  Vernon Jordan
  • Work
  • Goals
  • Process

• Running for Senate is a very involved process.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Running
  • Process
  • Very

• The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that's how you bet.

  

  Damon Runyon
  • May
  • Strong
  • Victory

• It is impossible to know what fate will bring. If you love to write or paint, you will keep on writing or painting, and things will either work out or not, and you just have to keep being in the process.

  

  Maira Kalman
  • Work
  • Process
  • Fate

• It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to burn it in a co-generation power plant. That will yield the most energy and that is something you can do today.

  

  Elon Musk
  • Power
  • Today
  • Energy

• But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically the same in the plant, was elaborated there, and only appropriated by the animal.

  

  Asa Gray
  • Animal
  • Plant

• We have new developing ties with Japan whom always supports our democratic process and economic development.

  

  Ali Abdullah Saleh
  • Process
  • Development
  • Japan

• My hair is naturally straight, and I maintain its texture. My weekly indulgence is an egg-white and olive oil hair mask that deep-conditions and adds incredible shine.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Hair
  • Deep
  • Shine

• Fifty years of anarchy await you, and you will emerge from it only by the power of some dictator who will arise- a true statesman and patriot. O prating people, if you did but know how to act!

  

  Jean-Paul Marat
  • People
  • Power
  • True

• I want to create a cat like the real cats I see crossing the streets, not like those you see in houses. They have nothing in common. The cat of the streets has bristling fur. It runs like a fiend, and if it looks at you, you think it is going to jump in your face.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Real
  • Running
  • Cat

• Lets drink to the hard working people Lets drink to the salt of the earth.

  

  Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
  • People
  • Earth
  • Drink

• Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Process
  • Victory
  • Plant