Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
-
Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
-
The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
-
I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
-
No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism.
-
Anything worth doing good takes a little chaos.
-
I like to be busy. It's not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more successful you are, the more demands you have. But it's definitely worth the sacrifice.
-
Not listening to people who care about you, not to be open or transparent, will make you isolated.
-
If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
-
To look is one thing, to see is another thing; to see is very difficult, normally; to look is to try to see. I have looked and I hope I have seen.
-
Don't go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.
-
To disclose too much of one's inventions and achievements is one and the same thing as to give up the fruit of one's ingenuity.
-
As far as the U.S. economy is concerned, I always believe that the U.S. economy is solidly based, not only in a material sense, but more importantly, the United States has the strength of scientific and technological talent, and managerial expertise.
-
Since I was a child, my father was sick. I've always known him to be that way. That's why I'm proud of him - he has a disease he's obviously struggling with, but he's not letting it stop him from doing what he wants to do.
-
You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.
-
One of the cool things about getting to audition for things on short notice is that it teaches you to memorize efficiently. So I've never been afraid of getting text down quickly.
-
People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy making something that you can sell in the marketplace, and if nobody wants to buy it, it must be crap. And that's not true.
-
The scale of time for a politician runs between one primary and the next, and in Israel, this means two to three years because elections almost never take place once every four years as stipulated by law. The timetable for a system of research is completely different.
-
My songs speak for themselves. The musicians who play on them and the way they sound and where they were recorded and the way they were recorded is the old Nashville way ... they sound as country or more country than a lot of things that are on country radio.
-
I'm the guy who plays human beings. I understand why the characters are doing what they're doing. When you play a villain, you don't play a villain: you play a human being doing what he thinks he needs to do to get what he wants.
-
Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined with unpredictable outcomes. It's a perfect genre in which to explore hard issues of good and evil, a mirror that allows the reader to see both the good and not so good in themselves.
-
Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times.
-
Seek to understand rather than be understood.
