“I realized that Sandra and I had been getting social mileage out of our children’s good behavior, and, in our eyes, this… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Many “older” children go through life either secretly or openly hating their parents. They blame them for past abuses, neglect, or favoritism… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“wife and children any more. I’m not even sure I know myself and what’s really important to me. I’ve had to ask… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The little-understood concept of interdependence appears to many to smack of dependence, and therefore, we find people, often for selfish reasons, leaving… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“[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 Copy Share Image
“referring, for example, to the principle of fairness, out of which our whole concept of equity and justice is developed. Little children… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Family-centered parents do not have the emotional freedom, the power, to raise their children with their ultimate welfare truly in mind. If… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“For those filled with regret, perhaps the most needful exercise of proactivity is to realize that past mistakes are also out there in the… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“What lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us and ahead of us.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Love is something you do: the sacrifices you make, the giving of self, like a mother bringing a newborn into the world. If you… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. They’re fundamental.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“So I recommend reading literature, such as the inspiring biography of Anwar Sadat, In Search of Identity, and seeing movies like Chariots of Fire… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“My experience has been that there are times to teach and times not to teach. When relationships are strained and the air charged with… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Just as faith without works is dead, so also works without faith.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“FRIEND/ENEMY CENTEREDNESS. Young people are particularly, though certainly not exclusively, susceptible to becoming friend-centered. Acceptance and belonging to a peer group can become almost… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“As a principle-centered person, you see things differently. And because you see things differently, you think differently, you act differently. Because you have a… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“We are free to choose our actions, based on our knowledge of correct principles, but we are not free to choose the consequences of… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Breaking deeply imbedded habitual tendencies such as procrastination, impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that violate basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
