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Things Quotes by Stephen Covey
- All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things
- 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…
- Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the…
- To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.
- Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is…
- Human beings are not things needing to be motivated and controlled; they are four dimensional - body, mind, heart, and spirit.
- When you study the lives of all great achievers-those who have had the greatest influence on others, those who have made things happen-you will find…
- Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities,…
- All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with a vision and…
- Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people.
- True effectiveness is a function of two things: what is produced (the golden eggs) and the producing asset (the goose).
- At the core, there is one simple, overarching reason why so many people remain unsatisfied in their work and why most organisations fail to draw…
- People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they…
- 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.…
- Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.
- All things are created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation. The physical creation follows the mental, just as a…
- All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own…
- You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
- It's not only a matter of when to do things, but whether or not to do them at all.
- Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self.
- Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower…
- If we overcome the pull and "get up and get at it," we will have won a victory. We have kept our own resolve. We…
- All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure…
- Don't get buried in the thick of thin things.
- I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through with the important…
More Things Quotes
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle