Stephen R. Covey

“For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root.” We can only achieve”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Proactive people can carry their own weather with them. Whether”

— Stephen R. Covey

“what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“The core of any family is what is changeless, what is always going to be there—shared vision and values.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Have you ever been too busy driving to take time to get gas?”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. GOETHE”

— Stephen R. Covey

“If you wait to be acted upon, you will be acted upon. And growth and opportunity consequences attend either road.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Covey believed that timeless principles do indeed exist, and that the search for them is not folly, but wisdom”

— Stephen R. Covey

“He records that he was almost loathe to leave his prison cell because it was there that he realized that real success…

— Stephen R. Covey

“It is character that communicates most eloquently...In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Remember, frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our…

— Stephen R. Covey

“True discipline means channeling our best hours into first-order objectives, and that means being a nonconformist in the best sense.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“PC work is treating employees as volunteers just as you treat customers as volunteers, because that’s what they are. They volunteer the…

— Stephen R. Covey

“But the greatest opportunities and boundless accomplishments of the Knowledge Worker Age are reserved for those who master the art of “we.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Paradigms are inseparable from character. Being is seeing in the human dimension. And what we see is highly interrelated to what we…

— Stephen R. Covey

“So I recommend reading literature, such as the inspiring biography of Anwar Sadat, In Search of Identity, and seeing movies like Chariots…

— Stephen R. Covey

“It becomes obvious that if we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Show me someone who is humble enough to accept and take responsibility for his or her circumstances and courageous enough to take…

— Stephen R. Covey

“In the words of William George Jordan, “Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil—the…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Because I am self-aware, because I have imagination and conscience, I can examine my deepest values. I can realize that the script…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Just as breathing exercises help integrate body and mind, writing is a kind of psycho-neural muscular activity which helps bridge and integrate…

— Stephen R. Covey

“When I say empathic listening, I mean listening with intent to understand. I mean seeking first to understand, to really understand. It’s…

— Stephen R. Covey

“If we work upon marble, it will perish. If we work upon brass, time will efface it. But if we work upon…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Other parts of the personality approach were clearly manipulative, even deceptive, encouraging people to use techniques to get other people to like…

— Stephen R. Covey

“[W]isdom is the child of integrity—being integrated around principles. And integrity is the child of humility and courage. In fact, you could…

— Stephen R. Covey

“My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don't…

— Stephen R. Covey

“At one seminar where I was speaking on the concept of proactivity, a man came up and said, “Stephen, I like what…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Interdependence is a far more mature, more advanced concept. If I am physically interdependent, I am self-reliant and capable, but I also…

— Stephen R. Covey

“It’s the nature of reactive people to absolve themselves of responsibility. It’s so much safer to say, “I am not responsible.” If…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Satisfied needs do not motivate. It’s only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human…

— Stephen R. Covey

“I believe that days one and two for most of us involve getting more control over the body-such as getting to be…

— Stephen R. Covey

“People often find themselves achieving victories that are empty, successes that have come at the expense of things they suddenly realize were…

— Stephen R. Covey

“In the great literature of all progressive societies, love is a verb.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“The way you spend your time is a result of the way you see your time and the way you really see…

— Stephen R. Covey

“The PC principle is to always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“There is no effectiveness without discipline, and there is no discipline without character.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Unless there are good feelings between people, reasoning intelligently is almost impossible.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. They’re fundamental.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Quality literature, such as the Great Books, the Harvard Classics,”

— Stephen R. Covey

“In the words of Gandhi, “They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.”

— Stephen R. Covey