Stephen Covey Quotes
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I think that respect for people is of profound importance because it means you are caring and you trust them to do the right thing.
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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.
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Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust. Nothing is as fulfilling as a relationship of trust. Nothing is as inspiring as an offering of trust. Nothing is as profitable as the economics of trust. Nothing has more influence than a reputation of trust.
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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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You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.
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When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.
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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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Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior.
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To be successful we must live from our imaginations, not from our memories.
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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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Consult the wisdom of your heart as well as your mind.
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As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.
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Visualising something organises one's ability to accomplish it.
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children's lives.
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Without trust, the best we can do is compromise.
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Through imagination, we can visualize the uncredited worlds of potential that lie within us.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
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You basically get what you reward. If you want to achieve the goals and reflect the values in your mission statement, then you need to align the reward system with these goals and values.
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Vision is seeing a future state with the mind's eye. Vision is applied imagination.
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If the big rocks don't go in first, they aren't going to fit in later.
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Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.