Stephen Covey Quotes
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Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
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Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?... True effectiveness requires balance.
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We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.
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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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Everyone chooses one of two roads in life - the old and the young, the rich and the poor, men and women alike. One is the broad, well-traveled road to mediocrity, the other road to greatness and meaning.
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When we listen with the intent to understand others, rather than with the intent to reply, we begin true communication and relationship building. Opportunities to then speak openly and to be understood come much more naturally and easily.
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Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.
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"If I make deposits into an Emotional Bank Account with you through courtesy, kindness, honesty, and keeping my commitments to you, I build up a reserve. Your trust toward me becomes higher, and I can call upon that trust many times if I need to. I can even make mistakes and that trust level, that emotional reserve, will compensate for it. My communication may not be clear, but you'll get my meaning anyway. You won't make me "an offender for a word." When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective."
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Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
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Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity.
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When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.
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When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.
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Vision is about more than just getting things done, accomplishing some task, achieving something; it is about discovering and expanding our view of others, affirming them, believing in them, and helping them discover and realize the potential within them-helping them find their own voice.
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Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!
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In the absence of wake-up calls, many of us never really confront the critical issues of life.
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We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient.
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They Nazi captors had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment; but he Viktor Frankl had more freedom, more internal power to exercise his options.
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But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!
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Leadership is a choice, not a position
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I define discipline as the ability to make + keep promises and to honor commitments.
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Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people.
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The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
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If we know how to listen to our own heart, we can listen to the hearts of others.
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Once you've found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others to find their voice.