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Principles Quotes by Stephen Covey
- I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that…
- The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors, and actions of…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is…
- While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.
- Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other.
- In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us…
- Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.
- Our problems and pain are universal and increasing, and the solutions to the problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles…
- Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.
- While values drive behaviors, principles govern consequences.
- 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…
- 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…
- If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be…
- Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock and the compass.…
- 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…
- We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others…
- Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves to principles. Pride…
- If you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principle or natural law that governs the results…
- Once we are self-aware, we must choose purposes and principles to live by; otherwise the vacuum will be filled, and we will lose our self-awareness…
- Principles always have natural consequences attached to them. There are positive consequences when we live in harmony with the principles. There are negative consequences when…
- Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent…
- There are principles that govern human effectiveness - natural laws in the human dimension that are just as real, just as unchanging and unarguably there…
More Principles Quotes
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. — Marcus Aurelius
- I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Teresa of Avila
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it,… — Charles Babbage
- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet
- Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. — Honore de Balzac
- The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award. — Javier Bardem
- I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have… — Drew Barrymore
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. — John Quincy Adams
- The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the… — John Quincy Adams