"While you can think in terms of efficiency……" — Stephen Covey
"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."
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556 Quotes by Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey has 556 quotes on this site.
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I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with…
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The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the…
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If we want to make a change in our lives, we should first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors.
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People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will…
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Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of…
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Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not…
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are…
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Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.
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Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
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Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we…
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The only thing that endures over time is the 'Law of the Farm.' You must prepare the ground, plant the…
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We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error…
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We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean…
— Ed Begley, Jr.
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A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up…
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The family farm is the foundation for who we are as a Commonwealth. And for over a century, the family…
— Jim Bunning
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I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
— Gary Chapman
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Mature workers are less impulsive, less reactive, more creative and more centered.
— Deepak Chopra
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The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the…
— Stephen Covey
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If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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Worship must be - Christ centered, Holy Spirit led, a Response to the Father, about Intimacy and Service and always…
— Tim Hughes
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It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own…
— J. William Fulbright
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You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.
— Wayne Dyer
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.... In the beginner's mind there…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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