Stephen Covey Quotes
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Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.
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I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.
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I don't read blogs but occasionally people tell me about what they contain, and I do take questions that come from blogs.
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Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important
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Writing distills, crystallizes, and clarifies thought.
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Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.
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we're responsible for our own lives.
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Nevertheless, the only way we can move from where we are now to where we would like to be is to accept where we are now.
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The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, your beliefs, your ideals, your philosophy is the only climate you will ever live in. The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
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Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon?
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Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives and interpretation, you're dealing with the reality inside another person's head and heart. You're listening to understand. You're focused on receiving the deep communication of another human soul.
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How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
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When you study the lives of all great achievers-those who have had the greatest influence on others, those who have made things happen-you will find a pattern. Through their persistent efforts and inner struggle, they have greatly expanded their four native human intelligences or capacities. The highest manifestations of these four intelligences are: for mental, vision; for the physical, discipline; for the emotional, passion; for the spiritual, conscience. These manifestations also represent our highest means of expressing our voice.
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The worldly fountain does not breed spiritual depth.
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We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
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Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.
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When people seriously undertake to identify what really matters most to them in their lives, what they really want to be and do, they become very reverent. They start to think in larger terms than today and tomorrow.
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It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.
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Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
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Brands need to reinvent themselves from time to time to stay relevant.
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As we create synergy among the roles of our lives, there's more of us to put into the time we have.
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The more people train their counsciousness, the more sensitivie they are to it. It's like you had your own voice coming to you.
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The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and also a deeper awareness of how really dependent we are.
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Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.