Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently.

Stephen Covey

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• Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Always
  • Find
  • Racism

• We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.

  

  Barton Seaver
  • Words
  • Food
  • Hero

• People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • Different
  • Book

• I believe in content, and I go accordingly.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Believe
  • I Believe
  • Content

• There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • People
  • Confusing
  • Lots

• Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Nature
  • Beautiful
  • Joy

• I must confess that, at that time, I had absolutely no knowledge of the slowness of the relaxation processes in the ground state, processes which take place in collisions with the wall or with the molecules of a foreign gas.

  

  Alfred Kastler
  • Time
  • Knowledge
  • Wall

• I'm a firm believer that your lifestyle plays a key role in the state of your complexion.

  

  Kenza Fourati

• I do not see the process of blogging as a separate thing from creating art. This is in part why I do not like to be known for being a 'blogger,' as this is just one form of output for creative ideas.

  

  Keri Smith
  • Why
  • Art

• Fleetwood Mac are more like a folk-rock band.

  

  Ann Wilson Heart
  • Band
  • Rock

• My mom had a heart attack, and it came out of nowhere - she was 54. My dad had leukemia for about 3 months. He was 80 when he passed. My dad had me later in life, and so he had leukemia and was alive for about 3 months between diagnosis and passing away.

  

  Billy Eichner
  • Life
  • Heart
  • She

• If you can't figure out how to make the beginning of your book compelling, you're probably not writing a compelling book.

  

  Chris Pavone
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Beginning

• When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.

  

  Ashton Eaton

• As a rule, Michael Balcon was at great pains to ensure Ealing remained very British. There was no point our trying to be MGM, and we didn't see a lot of American stars.

  

  Douglas Slocombe
  • Great
  • Trying
  • American

• I thought, 'If I go to uni, I can read and watch people and take many different subjects - take philosophy modules - and have time to travel in the summers,' which I did. I thought, 'I hope this will make me a better actor,' and it did.

  

  Vanessa Kirby
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• I still read scripts, and if something great comes along, that's great... but this is my day job. The Row is where I go every day.

  

  Mary-Kate Olsen
  • Great
  • Job

• Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

  

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

• Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up.

  

  Jose Saramago
  • People
  • Up
  • Law

• I am never taking a trip with either of you ever again.' Eve said. 'Ever.' Excellent' Shane said. 'Then next trip, we hit the strip bar.' I have a gun, Shane,' Eve sighed. What, you think i actually loaded yours?' Eve flipped him off, and Claire laughed.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Gun
  • Laugh
  • Trip

• You really haven't changed, you've just become more of yourself. That is really what were all trying to do: become more of ourselves.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Trying
  • Changed
  • Really

• Management’ll never go for it. First, it’s live-animal research, which is controversial. Management hates controversy. Second, it’s something innovative, which means Management will hate it on principle.

  

  Connie Willis
  • Live
  • Hate
  • Animal

• It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Alone
  • Moral
  • Balance

• I don't look at anything. Every person whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist, he is my brother, my sister. I think we all do like that.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Thinking
  • Brother
  • Buddhist

• As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Management
  • Term
  • Importance