All Stephen Covey Quotes
- Interdependency follows independence. Follows
- The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It… Achievement
- Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb. Famous Love
- People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that… Abundance
- Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for… Ability
- What one thing could you do in your personal and professional life that, if you did on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive… Activities
- Writing is another powerful way to sharpen the mental saw. Keeping a journal of our thoughts, experiences, insights, and learnings promotes mental clarity, exactness, and… Another Powerful
- The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity. Clearest
- Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do… All
- If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire… Areas
- To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made. Ignore
- Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil so that both… Better
- Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How… Carried
- A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless… Bless
- In effective personal leadership, visualization and affirmation techniques emerge naturally out of a foundation of well thought through purposes and principles that become the center… Affirmation
- Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly higher planes. We deceive ourselves if we think that any one… Along
- Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue… Accusation
- I'm convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price that must be… Acknowledge
- To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before. Achieve
- Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person… Advantage
- The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around… Area
- A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence. Character
- The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through… Appreciate
- Humility is the mother of all virtues, courage the father, integrity the child and wisdom the grandchild. All
- By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many. Behaving