Stephen Covey Quotes
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We can never really change someone; people must change themselves.
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I am convinced that if we as a society work diligently in every other area of life and neglect the family, it would be analogous to straightening deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Perhaps a sense of possessing needs to come to come before a sense of genuine sharing.
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The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities
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Principle-centered people are constantly educated by their experiences.
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Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.
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Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling?
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You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.
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Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.
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You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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We often get so busy "sawing" (producing results) that we forget to "sharpen our saw" (maintain or increase our capacity to produce results in the future).
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There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world - no matter how large or small our circle of influence.
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Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.
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Studies have identified a significant 'skills gap' between what students are currently being taught and the skills employers are seeking in today's global economy. Our children must be better prepared than they are now to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world.
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To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you'll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.
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Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement.
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Just as the education of nerve and sinew is vital to the excellent athlete and education of the mind is vital to the scholar, education of the conscience is vital to the truly proactive, highly effective person. Training and educating the conscience, however, requires even greater concentration, more balanced discipline, more consistently honest living. It requires regular feasting on inspiring literature, thinking noble thoughts and, above all, living in harmony with its still small voice.
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Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.
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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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None of us see the world as it is but as we are, as our frames of reference, or maps, define the territory.
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Intrinsic security doesn't come from what other people think of us or how they treat us. It doesn't come from our circumstance or out position. It comes from within. It comes from accurate paradigms and correct principles deep in our own mind and heart. It comes from inside-out congruence, from living a life of integrity in which our daily habits reflect our deepest values.
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Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!