Stephen Covey Quotes
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Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by spending more time in Quadrant II...Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal management.
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If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.
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The key to growth is to learn to make promises and to keep them.
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The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.
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Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.
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When our honor becomes greater than our moods, that is where transformation happens
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You can't change the fruit without changing the root.
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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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If you don't set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize, when you get to the top, you're on the WRONG building.
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Trust is a function of both character and competence. Of course you can't trust someone who lacks integrity, but if someone is honest but they can't perform, you're not going to trust them either. You won't trust them to get the job done.
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If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.
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Organize and execute around priorities.
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Principles are the basis for developing a vision and value system for all.
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The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.
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When I started teaching I realized that I had never had such a level of satisfaction and such a feeling of fulfillment and sense of contribution. Just like that. But, usually it's more cumulative, slow, evolutionary and less revolutionary.
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When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.
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Principles are the territory. Values are maps.
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Consult the wisdom of your heart as well as your mind.
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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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It's sometimes a painful process. It's a change that has to be motivated by a higher purpose, by the willingness to subordinate what you think you want now for what you want later.