Change Quotes by Stephen Covey

The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.

— Stephen Covey

We can never really change someone; people must change themselves.

— Stephen Covey

The world has entered an era of the most profound and challenging change in human history.

— Stephen Covey

The only way we can handle change around us is to know what is changeless about ourselves

— Stephen Covey

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

— Stephen Covey

You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

— Stephen Covey

When our honor becomes greater than our moods, that is where transformation happens

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The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you…

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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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The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because…

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I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential…

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If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on…

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The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

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Every person in the organization must change inside their hearts and minds, so that they themselves become principle centred.

— Stephen Covey

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

— Stephen Covey

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

— Stephen Covey

Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom…

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Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when…

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As people enable themselves to achieve one or two goals for the year that are most meaningful, they will find power, peace…

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The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with…

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A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your…

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I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual…

— Stephen Covey

When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the…

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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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Anytime we think the problem is 'out there,' that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us. The…

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To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

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Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

— Stephen Covey

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

— Stephen Covey

If we want to make a change in our lives, we should first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors.

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Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way.

— Stephen Covey

“I must change in order to change the world. The only revolution with any permanent value takes part in the breast of…

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If we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But…

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The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.…

— Stephen Covey