Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow! — 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
True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Creating and integrating an empowering personal mission statement is one of the most important investments we can make. — 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
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
An empowering mission statement has to become a living document, part of our very nature, so that the criteria we've put into… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
It's not enough to have values without vision ; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something.… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you focus on principles, you empower everyone who understands those principles to act without constant monitoring, evaluating, correcting, or controlling. — 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
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
Anytime we think the problem is 'out there,' that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us. The… — 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
