Stephen R. Covey

“Start with the end in mind. ”

— Stephen R. Covey

“It is character that communicates most eloquently.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“But you can’t change the fruit without changing the root.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Proactive people subordinate feelings to values.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“It’s not logical; it’s psychological.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“man you might like to take her out. If you were”

— Stephen R. Covey

“what is most personal ,is most general.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“How accurately and functionally”

— Stephen R. Covey

“In other words, what matters most is how we respond to what we experience in life.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Satisfied needs do not motivate. It’s only the unsatisfied need that motivates.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“win/win is nice ... and tough. It's twice as tough as win/lose”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Just as faith without works is dead, so also works without faith.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“My mission is to live with integrity and to make a difference in the lives of others.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“in reaping for so long where we have not sown, perhaps we have forgotten the need to sow.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“leadership is communicating others’ worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“other half of which had the image of the old woman on page 53. He passed”

— Stephen R. Covey

“People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Inside-Out" means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self -- with your…

— Stephen R. Covey

“as Marilyn Ferguson observed, “No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Coherence suggests that there is harmony, unity, and integrity between your vision and mission, your roles and goals, your priorities and plans,…

— Stephen R. Covey

“No one can hurt you without your consent.” In the words of Gandhi, “They cannot take away our self respect if we…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Businesses, community groups, organizations of every kind—including families—can be proactive. They can combine the creativity and resourcefulness of proactive individuals to create…

— Stephen R. Covey

“that nurtures the self-esteem and self-worth of each, that creates opportunities for each to mature into independence and then gradually into interdependence?…

— Stephen R. Covey

“When all you want is a person's body and you don't really want their mind, heart or spirit, you have reduced a…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Could synergy not create a new script for the next generation—one that is more geared to service and contribution, and is less…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Principles are like lighthouses. They are natural laws that cannot be broken. As Cecil B. DeMille observed of the principles contained in…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience,…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Many families are managed on the basis of crises, moods, quick fixes, and instant gratification—not on sound principles. Symptoms surface whenever stress…

— Stephen R. Covey

“The term paradigm shift was introduced by Thomas Kuhn in his highly influential landmark book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn shows…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Often, people with a Scarcity Mentality harbor secret hopes that others might suffer misfortune—not terrible misfortune, but acceptable misfortune that would keep…

— Stephen R. Covey

“I am not suggesting that elements of the Personality Ethic—personality growth, communication skill training, and education in the field of influence strategies…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Many people experience a similar fundamental shift in thinking when they face a life-threatening crisis and suddenly see their priorities in a…

— Stephen R. Covey

“It’s the nature of reactive people to absolve themselves of responsibility. It’s so much safer to say, “I am not responsible.” If…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Satisfied needs do not motivate. It’s only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human…

— Stephen R. Covey

“People often find themselves achieving victories that are empty, successes that have come at the expense of things they suddenly realize were…

— Stephen R. Covey

“I believe that days one and two for most of us involve getting more control over the body-such as getting to be…

— Stephen R. Covey

“we were on a dangerous collision course with that ship. The captain then called to the signalman, “Signal that ship: We are…

— Stephen R. Covey

“One of the most important variables in whether an enterprise remains great lies in a simple question: what is the truth about…

— Stephen R. Covey

“you understand the purpose of a personal mission statement. It is the picture of where you want to end up—that is, your…

— Stephen R. Covey

“But the problem is that Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings never die: they’re buried alive and come…

— Stephen R. Covey