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Thinking Quotes by Stephen Covey
- Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to. We're talking about three…
- 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…
- Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality.
- Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly higher planes. We deceive ourselves if we think that any one…
- Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue…
- I'm convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price that must be…
- The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around…
- 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.
- Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.
- Anytime we think the problem is 'out there,' that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us. The change paradigm is…
- As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently.
- Many people think in terms of either/or: either you're nice or you're tough. Win-win requires that you be both. It is a balancing act between…
- The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think about the one,…
- People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible…
- People with a scarcity mentality think there is only so much in the world to go around. It's as if they see life as a…
- Just as the education of nerve and sinew is vital to the excellent athlete and education of the mind is vital to the scholar, education…
- Your economic security does not lie in your job; it lies in your own power to produce - to think, to learn, to create, to…
- Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and…
- To me, the essence of keeping the soul nourished is obedience to one's conscience. I don't think that the soul can be nourished unless people…
- 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.
- I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.
- As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem
- Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek…
- As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
More Thinking Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- 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
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I don't think I have a signature. — J. J. Abrams
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. — J. J. Abrams