Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

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• The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

  

  Irving R. Kaufman
  • History
  • Society
  • Trust

• Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• The greatest responsibility of the planner and architect, I believe, is the protection and development of our habitat.

  

  Walter Gropius
  • Believe
  • Responsibility

• And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.

  

  Warren Rudman
  • Country
  • High
  • Today

• With Donald Trump as president and Republicans in control of Congress, our healthcare is under attack.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Control
  • Trump
  • Health care

• Part of our job as storytellers is to show people pockets of the world that they don't know. The more we understand, the more we don't judge.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • People
  • World
  • Job

• Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.

  

  Rani Mukerji
  • Time
  • Good
  • Work

• To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Great
  • Feeling
  • Like

• When we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Hand

• You can be a pretty face, but if you're not a nice person, it just doesn't work. I'm not traditionally a beauty, but apparently people think I'm all right. If you're a nice person, it definitely helps.

  

  Kate Moss
  • People
  • Work
  • Pretty

• Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • You
  • Education
  • Tired

• I've always imagined myself doing well, whatever I did.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • Myself
  • Always
  • Doing

• He took me under his wing when I first came to the Rams and taught me everything – his technique in the pass rush, how to play off blockers, and how to make the big play.

  

  Jack Youngblood
  • Me
  • Play
  • Taught

• For a New York actor, there are two things you look forward to - getting your SAG card and being on 'Law and Order.'

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Law
  • New York
  • Forward

• India may be the only country in the world that has been free of anti-Semitic prejudice throughout its history.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • World
  • Country
  • May

• I'm so lucky to have such a great family. I respect them so much professionally, and they've been unconditionally supportive in the choices that I've made. It's been very good having them on my side.

  

  Jack Huston
  • Good
  • Great
  • Family

• My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Work
  • Character
  • Famous

• Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Passion
  • Car
  • Bike

• But something magical happened to me when I went to Reardan. Overnight I became a good player. I suppose it had something to do with confidence. I mean, I'd always been the lowest Indian on the reservation totem pole - I wasn't expected to be good so I wasn't. But in Reardan, my coach and the other players wanted me to be good. They needed me to be good. They expected me to be good. And so I became good. I wanted to live up to the expectations. I guess that's what it comes down to. The power of expectations. And as they expected more of me, I expected more of myself, and it just grew and grew.

  

  Sherman Alexie
  • Mean
  • Player
  • Expectations

• There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that.

  

  Patricia Velasquez
  • Time
  • Live
  • Crazy

• I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up.

  

  A. S. Byatt
  • Up
  • Live
  • Game

• I do engage veterans. I meet with the veterans' service organizations monthly. It's a direct, no-holds-barred discussion. I travel to their conventions, where I speak to the veterans membership. I do travel. I've been to all 50 states. When I do, I engage veterans locally. So I get direct feedback from those veterans.

  

  Eric Shinseki
  • Travel
  • Conventions
  • Organizations

• Question every assumption and go towards the problem, like the way they flew to the moon. We should have more moon shots and flights to the moon in areas of societal importance.

  

  Sebastian Thrun
  • Problem
  • Moon
  • Assumption

• Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Problem
  • Commitment
  • Judging