Stephen Covey Quotes
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The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
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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 key to success is dedication to life-long learning.
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How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about being right, about acting on good ideas than having the ideas, about embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team than exalting self, about recognizing contribution than being recognized for making it.
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If you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principle or natural law that governs the results you seek. How we apply a principle will vary greatly and will be determined by our unique strengths, talents, and creativity, but, ultimately, success in any endeavor is always derived from acting in harmony with the principles to which the success is tied.
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A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.
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Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.
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Success in one role can't justify failure in another.
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You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
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Creating and integrating an empowering personal mission statement is one of the most important investments we can make.
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While I believe in the power of positive thought, I do not believe that you or I can simply psyche ourselves into success or peace of mind.
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Priority is a function of context.
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Conscience connects us with the wisdom of the ages and the wisdom of the heart.
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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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People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.
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I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.
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Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms of "me-my wants, my needs, my rights? What would wisdom dictate - would it not direct us to focus on trust-building principles and sacrificing 'me' for 'we'?"
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Without exception, empathy is always appropriate.
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We can never really change someone; people must change themselves.
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The key to the many is often the one; it is how you regard and talk about the one in that one's absence or presence that communicates to the many how you would regard and talk about them in their presence or absence.
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!