Choices Quotes by Stephen Covey

Leadership is a choice, not a position

— Stephen Covey

A moment of choice is a moment of truth.

— Stephen Covey

A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

— Stephen Covey

Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.

— Stephen Covey

Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment).

— 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

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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Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.

— Stephen Covey

We may find it convenient to live with the illusion that circumstances or other people are responsible for the quality of our…

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

— Stephen Covey

We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus…

— Stephen Covey

Once you've found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others…

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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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Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to…

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I love interaction with audiences. If were my choice, I would spend most of my time interacting with audiences. Walking around and…

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True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless…

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Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions,…

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Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers…

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In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management…

— 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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We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the…

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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…

— Stephen Covey