The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The deepest hunger of [a child's] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
To judge individuals before understanding them is a form of human rejection and feeds upon itself. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Human beings are not things needing to be motivated and controlled; they are four dimensional - body, mind, heart, and spirit. — 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
'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The more deeply you understand other people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The power of transcendent vision is greater than the power of the scripting deep inside the human personality and it subordinates it… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
There are certain things that are fundamental to human fulfillment. The essence of these needs is captured in the phrase 'to live,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when… — 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
There are principles that govern human effectiveness - natural laws in the human dimension that are just as real, just as unchanging… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When you study the lives of all great achievers-those who have had the greatest influence on others, those who have made things… — 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
At the core, there is one simple, overarching reason why so many people remain unsatisfied in their work and why most organisations… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Whether or not we belong to a church or service organization or have a job that provides meaningful service opportunities, not a… — 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
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
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
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
To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us. — Stephen Covey Copy Share
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
I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. — Stephen Covey Copy Share
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
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
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
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
Contrary to what most people believe, trust is not some soft, illusive quality that you either have or you don't; rather, trust is a… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?... True effectiveness requires… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
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