A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment). — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Those who get the most out of life and those who give the most are those who make the choice to act. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Once you've found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I love interaction with audiences. If were my choice, I would spend most of my time interacting with audiences. Walking around and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We may find it convenient to live with the illusion that circumstances or other people are responsible for the quality of our… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
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,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In a very real sense, there are only two roles in organisations: customers and suppliers. Everybody functions simultaneously in both roles, whether inside or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
