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Motivational Quotes by Stephen Covey

45 Motivational quotes by Stephen Covey

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Stephen Covey’s motivational quotes stress that we can stretch our limits if we keep trying. They warn that without learning new skills we become irrelevant, and they urge us to choose our top priorities and say no to distractions. The quotes also highlight the power of trust, feeling accepted, and taking responsibility for how we react.

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Beginners are many; finishers are few.

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It's better to be trusted than to be liked.

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It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.

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Life is a mission, not a career.

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Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

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

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I define discipline as the ability to make + keep promises and to honor commitments.

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By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.

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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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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity.

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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations

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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.

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Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.

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Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress, that is,…

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We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And…

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When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise…

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An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that…

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My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on…

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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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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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We're constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but…

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I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through…

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How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about…

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You will never be able to truly step inside another person, to see the world as he sees it, until you develop…

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In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results.…

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In my own experience, both personally and professionally, I've learned that you don't wait to confront reality. It doesn't get easier. It…

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The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think…

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The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of…

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Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms…

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Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential.

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As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem

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Feedback often tells you more about the person who is giving it than about you.

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When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.

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Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition.

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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.

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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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The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery…

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The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn't whether you will make them, it's what you will do about them.…

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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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Unless people feel that they are accepted and that they have a right to express their feelings without fear of embarrassment or…

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To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us.

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

If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.

Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.

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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations

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