Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise in response to the question, ‘What is the best I can do under the given circumstances?’

Stephen Covey

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• The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

  

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• We're seeing a reaction - and people taking to the streets with pots and pans - in areas where the independence movement isn't supposed to exist. People have to choose between one model and another. Everyone in Catalonia has realised that not taking part means ratifying the politics of repression of the Spanish government.

  

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• You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.

  

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• When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise in response to the question, ‘What is the best I can do under the given circumstances?’

  

  Stephen Covey
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