We not not our feelings. We are not our moods. We not even our thoughts. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling? — 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
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
Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Love is a verb. Love is something you do: the sacrifices you make, the giving of self. If you want to study… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Unless people feel that they are accepted and that they have a right to express their feelings without fear of embarrassment or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When I started teaching I realized that I had never had such a level of satisfaction and such a feeling of fulfillment… — 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
'In empathic listening you listen with your ears, but you also, and more importantly, listen with you eyes and with your heart.… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We must seek to understand the intent of communication without prejudging or rejecting the content... Communication, after all, is not so much… — 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
Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price… — 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
