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
Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, your beliefs, your ideals, your philosophy is the only climate you will ever live… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Strategy is important, but trust is the hidden variable. On paper you can have clarity around your objectives, but in a low-trust… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment). — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is the glue that holds everything together. It creates the environment in which all of the other elements win-win stewardship agreements,… — 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
