Important Quotes by Stephen Covey

Do what is important, not what is urgent.

— Stephen Covey

Communication is the most important single activity of man.

— Stephen Covey

In the end, life teaches us what is important, and that is family.

— Stephen Covey

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

— Stephen Covey

To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.

— Stephen Covey

Perhaps the most important vision of all is develop a sense of self, a sense of your own destiny, a sense of…

— Stephen Covey

The key to motivation is motive. It's the why. It's the deeper yes! burning inside that makes it easier to say no…

— Stephen Covey

Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.

— Stephen Covey

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

— Stephen Covey

Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family.

— Stephen Covey

The struggle comes when we sense a gap between the clock and the compass - when what we do doesn't contribute to…

— Stephen Covey

Creating and integrating an empowering personal mission statement is one of the most important investments we can make.

— Stephen Covey

Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.

— Stephen Covey

I am fortunate to have a very helpful team that enables me to spend time doing things that are important but not…

— Stephen Covey

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

I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through…

— Stephen Covey

Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years…

— Stephen Covey

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with…

— Stephen Covey

If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations,…

— Stephen Covey

Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It is living and being driven by the principles…

— Stephen Covey

Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your…

— Stephen Covey

Habit 7 is taking the time to sharpen the saw. By renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental…

— Stephen Covey

An effective goal focuses primarily on results rather than activity. It identifies where you want to be, and, in the process, helps…

— Stephen Covey

Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock…

— Stephen Covey

The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance,…

— Stephen Covey

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.…

— Stephen Covey

One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so,…

— Stephen Covey

Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.

— Stephen Covey

What is important to another person must be as important to you as the other person is to you

— Stephen Covey

Anything less then a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.

— Stephen Covey

Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.

— Stephen Covey

Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to…

— Stephen Covey

Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down…

— Stephen Covey