Stephen Covey Quotes
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You can say you love someone - but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions, your words become meaningless.
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Be sure that, as you scramble up the ladder of success, it is leaning against the right building.
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Internal victories precede external victories.
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Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
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To live; to love; to learn; and to leave a legacy.
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We think we see the world as it is, when in fact we see the world as we are.
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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity.
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Your power to choose your direction of your life allows you to reinvent yourself, to change your future, and to powerfully influence the rest of creation.
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Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.
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Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
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The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds.
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If we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless.
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Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
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The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.
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Difference is the beginning of synergy.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.
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If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow.
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To judge someone before understanding that person is a form of human rejection and feeds upon itself. It intensifies personal insecurities, necessitating more judgment (prejudice) and less understanding. The processes continue in this vicious cycle.
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A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.
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You can't change the fruit without changing the root.
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It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside.
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Begin with the end in mind.
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Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies.