Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?... True… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize… — 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
Your economic security does not lie in your job; it lies in your own power to produce - to think, to learn,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When people seriously undertake to identify what really matters most to them in their lives, what they really want to be and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
It is extremely ironic that the more we care about what people think about us the less we care about people, and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People with a scarcity mentality think there is only so much in the world to go around. It's as if they see… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Just as the education of nerve and sinew is vital to the excellent athlete and education of the mind is vital to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We think we see the world as it is, when in fact we see the world as we are. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem — 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
Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to. We're… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case.… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Anytime we think the problem is 'out there,' that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us. The… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Intrinsic security doesn't come from what other people think of us or how they treat us. It doesn't come from our circumstance… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly higher planes. We deceive ourselves if we think… — 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
To me, the essence of keeping the soul nourished is obedience to one's conscience. I don't think that the soul can be… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Many people think in terms of either/or: either you're nice or you're tough. Win-win requires that you be both. It is a… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently. — 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