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Business Quotes by Stephen Covey
- When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child…
- In a very real sense, there are only two roles in organisations: customers and suppliers. Everybody functions simultaneously in both roles, whether inside or outside…
- Actually I did not invent the seven habits, they are universal principles and most of what I wrote about is just common sense. I am…
- Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.
- People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both…
- If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.
- A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.
- Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
- It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of…
- Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.
- Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.
- You can buy a person's hands but you can't buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
- An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective…
- If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.
- Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
- If you put good people in bad systems you get bad results. You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
- We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in…
- We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.
- It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the business of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder…
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- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But… — Gerard Arpey
- I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a… — David Arquette
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people. — Mary Kay Ash
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
- People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is… — Mary Kay Ash