Character Quote by Stephen Covey Download Open image “True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.” — Stephen Covey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Empowering Freedom Independence Inspirational True independence
Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes. — Nicholas Lore Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character. — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
“True independence is an illusion; no one matures in a vacuum. We have heroes, we see villains, and ultimately we try to walk the… — Nicolas Wilson Copy Share Image
“Our character is determined not by our circumstances but by our reaction to those circumstances.” — Charles W. Colson Copy Share Image
The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
Independence-is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without. — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In a very real sense, there are only two roles in organisations: customers and suppliers. Everybody functions simultaneously in both roles, whether inside or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
