Education Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

8 Education quotes by Stephen R. Covey

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Stephen R. Covey’s brief take on education distills his habit‑building wisdom into eight punchy observations. The collection serves as a quick guide for anyone wanting to align study habits with broader life effectiveness.

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“My experience has been that there are times to teach and times not to teach. When relationships are strained and the air…

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“When relationships are strained and the air charged with emotion, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment…

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“Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.” Is that not also…

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“You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don’t pay the price day in and day out, you…

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“You see your competition as a learning source, as friends who can keep you sharp and teach you where your weaknesses are.”

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“The purpose of teaching is learning and learning is changed behavior.”

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“Educating the heartis the critical complement to educating the mind.”

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“Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. Thoreau taught, “How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth…

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“What lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us and ahead of us.”

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“Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. They’re fundamental.”

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“So I recommend reading literature, such as the inspiring biography of Anwar Sadat, In Search of Identity, and seeing movies like Chariots of Fire…

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“Just as faith without works is dead, so also works without faith.”

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“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…

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“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…

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“We are free to choose our actions, based on our knowledge of correct principles, but we are not free to choose the consequences of…

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“For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root.”

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“Breaking deeply imbedded habitual tendencies such as procrastination, impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that violate basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little…

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