Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.

Stephen Covey

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• No Catalan citizen and no Catalan company will leave the E.U. That is evident, and nobody can dispute it.

  

  Carles Puigdemont
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• I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Mind
  • Real
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• There's such a strong community element in country - it's like a family. So I don't want to do anything that can come off, even if I'm not intentionally doing it, as giving the perception that I'm trying to abandon that family.

  

  Sam Hunt
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• I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

  

  Jack Ma
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• The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.

  

  Rachel Roy
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• Sometimes it is claimed by those who argue that race is just a social construct that the human genome project shows that because people share roughly 99% of their genes in common, that there are no races. This is silly.

  

  J. Philippe Rushton
  • People
  • Sometimes
  • Silly

• I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Time
  • Sometimes
  • Sacrifice

• As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Development
  • Expectations
  • Rights

• Mankind progresses not smoothly, as by a sliding carpet ascent, but by rugged steps broken by gaps. He halts long on one stage before taking the next. Often he remains stationary, unable to form resolution to step forward - sometimes even has turned round and retrograded.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Long
  • Sometimes
  • Broken

• It's a very unique feeling - to be that strong and unbreakable. But I'm working towards it.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Strong
  • Feeling
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• The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.

  

  Samuel Gompers
  • People
  • Company
  • Crime

• People really do spend a lot of money on their pets - sometimes more then themselves.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • People
  • Money
  • Sometimes

• When North Koreans cross the border into China, they are stunned to learn that the Chinese can afford to eat rice daily, sometimes for three meals daily.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • Sometimes
  • Learn
  • Daily

• I give strong advice, but I don't expect it to be followed.

  

  Baba Kalyani
  • Strong
  • Advice
  • Expect

• Sometimes, if I allow time to be creative, it doesn't show up.

  

  Nathaniel Rateliff
  • Up
  • Time
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• 'Above all there is our fixed joint determination to build a strong and united Fiji, rich in diversity and pampered with tolerance, goodwill and understanding.' (Attributed to Mara by his successor as President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, 10 October 2005).

  

  Kamisese Mara
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• Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

  

  Langston Hughes
  • Great
  • America
  • Dream

• As a single mother of four, my mother taught me that you always want to show up strong for the moments that really matter with family, friends, and community. I now recognize how her strength helped shape the person I am today and the mother that I have become.

  

  Andie MacDowell
  • Up
  • Family
  • Friends

• Atari always was a technology-driven company, and we were very keen on keeping the technological edge on everything. There's a whole bunch of things that we innovated. We made the first computer that did stamps or sprites, we did screen-mapping for the very first time, and a lot of stuff like that. We had some of the most sophisticated sound-creating systems, and were instrumental in MIDI.

  

  Nolan Bushnell
  • Time
  • Technology
  • Company

• The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice. My mother was very extreme in terms of what she served. Since I left home more than 40 years ago, I've been making it right for myself.

  

  Ina Garten
  • Up
  • Home
  • She

• You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Home
  • Run
  • Home Run

• Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Opportunity
  • Training
  • motivation

• There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Strong
  • Reason
  • Sometimes