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Inspirational Quotes by Stephen Covey

92 Inspirational quotes by Stephen Covey

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Be part of the solution, not the problem, Covey advises. He reminds us that staying useful means constantly improving skills and having the courage to say no when needed. He also says true trust comes from being trustworthy and that a compass, not a clock, should guide our choices.

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You can't live principals you can't understand.

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To live; to love; to learn; and to leave a legacy.

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Priority is a function of context.

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If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.

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Success in one role can't justify failure in another.

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The key to motivation is motive.

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We can act instead of being acted upon.

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Proactive people carry their own weather with them.

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Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.

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Live the law of love. We encourage obedience to the laws of life when we live the laws of love.

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Those who get the most out of life and those who give the most are those who make the choice to act.

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If you don't have confidence in the diagnosis, you won't have confidence in the prescription.

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People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value.

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All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements

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The more involved you are, the more significant your learning will be.

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As we create synergy among the roles of our lives, there's more of us to put into the time we have.

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All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things

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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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We tend to get what we expect - both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get…

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One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with…

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While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing…

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Make specific appointments with yourself to work on goals, and treat an appointment with yourself as you'd treat an appointment with anybody…

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Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your…

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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.

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“Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If…

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It's not that we ignore our weaknesses; rather, we make our weaknesses irrelevant by working effectively with others so that we compensate…

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“Your ability to get along with others flows naturally from how well you are getting along with yourself from your own internal…

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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And…

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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…

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The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors,…

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If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the…

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Where there's no gardener, there's no garden.

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Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

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You can't have the fruits without the roots.

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Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

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Internal victories precede external victories.

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A moment of choice is a moment of truth.

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Trust is the highest form of human motivation.

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Seek to understand rather than be understood.

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Accountability breeds response-ability.

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