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Needs Quotes by Stephen Covey
- There are certain things that are fundamental to human fulfillment. The essence of these needs is captured in the phrase 'to live, to love, to…
- To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.
- Fulfilling the four needs [spiritual, mental, physical, social] in an integrated way is like combining elements in chemistry. When we reach a "critical mass" of…
- You basically get what you reward. If you want to achieve the goals and reflect the values in your mission statement, then you need to…
- Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological…
- Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress, that is, a deep sense…
- As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and…
- When you engage in a work that taps your talent and fuels your passion-that rises out of a great need in the world that you…
- Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers and try to…
- The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems.
- If we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want…
- 'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet…
- The need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution.
- The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone…
- "If I make deposits into an Emotional Bank Account with you through courtesy, kindness, honesty, and keeping my commitments to you, I build up a…
- Inevitably, anytime we are too vulnerable we feel the need to protect ourselves from further wounds. So we resort to sarcasm, cutting humor, criticism -…
- When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes…
- Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms of "me-my wants,…
- Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
- The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their…
More Needs Quotes
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- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey