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
It's better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?" — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they… — 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
All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When life does not go our way or we inadvertently make a mistake, it is so easy to make excuses, place blame… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation… — 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
Start small, make a promise and keep it. Then, make larger promises and keep them. Eventually, your honor will become greater than… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
All things are created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation. The physical creation follows the mental,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Intrinsic security doesn't come from what other people think of us or how they treat us. It doesn't come from our circumstance… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope,… — 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
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create… — 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
