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Stephen Covey

(1932–2012) University Teacher United States

663 quotes in 2280 categories

Covey’s principles have guided countless people toward better habits and clearer purpose. Across 663 succinct statements you’ll find his straightforward, actionable advice—perfect for a quick boost of productivity mindset.

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Stephen Covey was an university teacher from the United States, best known for Confiar e Inspirar.

Quick Facts About Stephen Covey

Born: October 24, 1932
Died: July 16, 2012
Nationality: United States
Profession: University Teacher
Notable works: Confiar e Inspirar

About Stephen Covey

Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University (USU) at the time of his death.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Stephen Covey

Patience is emotional diligence.

Diligence

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The key to motivation is motive.

Inspirational

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Mind over mattress.

Mattress

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“No involvement, no commitment.”

Commitment

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Priority is a function of context.

Context

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Life is a mission, not a career.

Career

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Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

Feels

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Balance isn't either/or; it's 'and'.

Balance

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In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.

Improvement

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The greatest thing you can do for your children is love your spouse.

Can do

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We can never really change someone; people must change themselves.

Change

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By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.

Behaving

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The great apparent dichotomy is that the more we give, the more we get.

Apparent

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If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

Business

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Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

Differences

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Trust is the highest form of human motivation.

Form

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To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us.

Accuse

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Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Conform

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If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.

Character

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It's amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.

Amazing

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The great contributors in life are those who, though afraid of the knock at the door, still answer it.

Answers

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Reducing children to a test score is the worst form of identity theft we could commit in schools.

Children

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Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.

Differences

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It's not what people do to us that hurts us. In the most fundamental sense, it is our chosen response to what…

Chosen

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If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won't require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves…

Fire

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If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent. If you want to…

7 habits

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An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that…

Collective

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In a very real sense, there are only two roles in organisations: customers and suppliers. Everybody functions simultaneously in both roles, whether…

Business

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In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get…

Cram

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You will never be able to truly step inside another person, to see the world as he sees it, until you develop…

Able

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If you don't set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize,…

Building

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In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people…

Awareness

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If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the…

Areas

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If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control-myself. I can…

Control myself

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In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results.…

Confidence

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Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative…

Adventure

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In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management…

Ability

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Listen to your conscience regarding something that you simply know you should do, then start small on it - make a promise…

Areas

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Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil…

Greater

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When life does not go our way or we inadvertently make a mistake, it is so easy to make excuses, place blame…

Action

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Stephen Covey by topic

People (110) Life (97) Inspirational (92) Principles (65) Ifs (61) Love (51) Time (49) Integrity (49) Motivational (45) Values (44) Way (41) Success (41) Leadership (41) Trust (39) Character (38) Self (35) Mind (34) Important (33) Habits (33) Change (33) Want (32) Thinking (31) Psychology (30) Vision (29) Management (29)