Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life. It's how we make and keep commitments, how we handle a traffic jam, how we respond to an irate customer or a disobedient child. It's how we view our problems and where we focus our energies. It's the language we use.

Stephen Covey

Quotes to Explore

I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'

Ira Sachs
- Remember
- Star
- Courage
I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.

Garrett Dillahunt
- Good
- Different
- Character
I drink a gallon of water a day.

Gabrielle Union
- Day
- Water
- Drink
If I'm extremely bored and I don't have a book with me and I'm being an obnoxious teenager, I'll read 'BuzzFeed' on my phone. But even that just leaves me feeling icky because I think for some reason my comfort zone is to just not really be in the loop about stuff like awards shows or things like that.

Tavi Gevinson
- Book
- Feeling
- Me
By the grace of God, my parents were fantastic. We were a very normal family, and we have had a very middle-class Indian upbringing. We were never made to realise who we were or that my father and mother were huge stars - it was a very normal house, and I'd like my daughter to have the same thing.

Abhishek Bachchan
- God
- Family
- Mother
For my characters, it's important to get really specific about what they listen to. Because it affects how they move in the world.

Mahershala Ali
- World
- Important
- Listen