Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It is living and being driven by the principles… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Sacrifice really means giving up something good for something better. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I think that [respect for people] is of profound importance because it means you are caring and you trust them to do… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If we overcome the pull and "get up and get at it," we will have won a victory. We have kept our… — 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
The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In the long run, you can never accomplish a worthy end with an unworthy means. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Inspire (from the Latin inspirare) means to breathe life into another. — 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
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